Kuliak languages

The Kuliak languages, also called the Rub languages, are a group of languages spoken by small relict communities in the mountainous Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda.

Kuliak
Rub
Geographic
distribution
Karamoja region, northeastern Uganda
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
  • Kuliak
Proto-languageProto-Kuliak
Subdivisions
Glottologkuli1252

Nyang'i and Soo are moribund, with a handful of elderly speakers. However, Ik is vigorous and growing.

Word order in Kuliak languages is verb-initial.

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