| Yaaku | |
|---|---|
| Mogogodo | |
| Native to | Kenya |
| Region | Laikipia District |
| Ethnicity | Yaaku |
Native speakers | 10 (2016 BBC)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | muu |
| Glottolog | yaak1241 |
| ELP | Yaaku |
Yaaku (also known as Mukogodo, Mogogodo, Mukoquodo, Siegu, Yaakua, Ndorobo) is an endangered Afroasiatic language of the Cushitic branch, spoken in Kenya. Speakers are all older adults.[2]
The classification of Yaaku within Cushitic is disputed, though it is usually placed somewhere within East Cushitic. It is lexicostatistically distinct, having been influenced by Maasai and perhaps also by an unknown substratum, but it shows closest resemblance with the Arboroid languages.[3] Bender (2020) includes it as a member of Arboroid.[4]
- ^ Yaaku at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Yaaku language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blažek, Václaf. 1997. Cushitic lexicostatistics: the second attempt. Afroasiatica Neapolitana. Papers from the 8th Italian Meeting of Afroasiatic (Hamito-Semitic) Linguistics., 171–188. ed. Alessandro Bausi & Mauro Tosco. (Studi Africanistici Serie Etiopica 6.) Naples: Instituto Universitario Orientalie.
- ^ Bender, M. Lionel. (2020). Cushitic Lexicon and Phonology. ed. Grover Hudson. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik / Research in African Studies, 28). Berlin: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-60089-4
