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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. The classification of Yaaku within Cushitic is disputed, though it is usually placed somewhere within East Cushitic.
- Yaaku people
The Yaaku are a people who are said to have lived in regions...
- Yaaku people
Mukogodo people. The Mukogodo, are a people who are said to have lived in regions of central Kenya around Mt. Kenya, possibly through to the 18th century. A community known as the Yaaku later moved into their territory and the Mukogodo, adopted the Yaaku language, referred to as Yaakunte.
by Matthijs Blonk, Maarten Mous and Hans Stoks. Photos Matthijs Blonk. The story goes that the Yaaku held a meeting in the 1930s and decided to relinquish their language and from that moment on speak only Maasai. At the time they were already in close contact to the Maasai, whose culture they perceived as superior.
15 de mar. de 2022 · UNESCO declared the Yaakunte language extinct in 2020, though Juliana Lorisho speaks the Kenyan language fluently – and hopes for its revival.
Maarten Mous. The Yaaku have shifted from an East Cushitic language to Maasai (East Nilotic) and are presently interested in revitalizing their language as part of a process of emancipation due to changed socio-political circumstances.
Yaaku and Ma’á: An Endangered Language and the Way Out Maarten Mous African Linguistics, Leiden University Centre of Linguistics PO Box 9515, NL 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands [m.mous@let.leidenuniv.nl] Abstract The Yaaku have shifted from an East Cushitic language to Maasai (East Nilotic) and are presently interested in revitalizing their language as part of a process of emancipation due ...
