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Ateker

Ateker

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Ateker or Atekerin is a common name for the closely related Jie
Jie
Jie might refer to:* Jie of Xia, last ruler of the Xia Dynasty of China* Jie , tribe in the Xiongnu Confederation in the 4th and 5th centuries* Jiedao, subdistrict, an administrative division in China...

, Karimojong, Turkana
Turkana
Turkana may refer to:* Turkana people of Kenya* Turkana language of Kenya* Lake Turkana in Kenya* Lake Turkana National Parks* Turkana District in Kenya* the fictional world of Turkana IV in a Star Trek Next Generation episode...

, and Teso
TESO
TESO was a famous hacker group, which originated in Austria and quickly became international. They were active from 1998 to 2004, and during their peak around 2000, they were responsible for a significant share of the exploits on the bugtraq mailinglist....

 peoples and their languages. Itung'a and Teso have been used among ethnographers, while the term Teso-Turkana
Teso-Turkana languages
The Teso-Turkana languages are a cluster of Eastern Nilotic languages, southeastern Sudan, northeastern Uganda, northwestern Kenya, and southwestern Ethiopia. In effect they form a dialect cluster.They include:*Ateso language*Karimojong language...

 is sometimes used for the languages, which are of Eastern Nilotic
Eastern Nilotic languages
The Eastern Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages, themselves belonging to the Eastern Sudanic subfamily of Nilo-Saharan; they are believed to have begun to diverge about 3,000 years ago, and have spread southwards from an original home in Equatoria in the...

 stock. Ateker means 'clan' or 'tribe' in Teso language. In Lango language
Lango language (Uganda)
Lango is a Western Nilotic language of the Luo branch, spoken by the Langi people in Uganda. It is mostly spoken in Lango sub-region, in the Northern Region. Spoken by approximately 1 million speakers, it makes up for about five percent of the population of Uganda...

the word for clan is atekere.
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Ateker or Atekerin is a common name for the closely related Jie
Jie
Jie might refer to:* Jie of Xia, last ruler of the Xia Dynasty of China* Jie , tribe in the Xiongnu Confederation in the 4th and 5th centuries* Jiedao, subdistrict, an administrative division in China...

, Karimojong, Turkana
Turkana
Turkana may refer to:* Turkana people of Kenya* Turkana language of Kenya* Lake Turkana in Kenya* Lake Turkana National Parks* Turkana District in Kenya* the fictional world of Turkana IV in a Star Trek Next Generation episode...

, and Teso
TESO
TESO was a famous hacker group, which originated in Austria and quickly became international. They were active from 1998 to 2004, and during their peak around 2000, they were responsible for a significant share of the exploits on the bugtraq mailinglist....

 peoples and their languages. Itung'a and Teso have been used among ethnographers, while the term Teso-Turkana
Teso-Turkana languages
The Teso-Turkana languages are a cluster of Eastern Nilotic languages, southeastern Sudan, northeastern Uganda, northwestern Kenya, and southwestern Ethiopia. In effect they form a dialect cluster.They include:*Ateso language*Karimojong language...

 is sometimes used for the languages, which are of Eastern Nilotic
Eastern Nilotic languages
The Eastern Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages, themselves belonging to the Eastern Sudanic subfamily of Nilo-Saharan; they are believed to have begun to diverge about 3,000 years ago, and have spread southwards from an original home in Equatoria in the...

 stock. Ateker means 'clan' or 'tribe' in Teso language. In Lango language
Lango language (Uganda)
Lango is a Western Nilotic language of the Luo branch, spoken by the Langi people in Uganda. It is mostly spoken in Lango sub-region, in the Northern Region. Spoken by approximately 1 million speakers, it makes up for about five percent of the population of Uganda...

the word for clan is atekere.