Tag: Ateso
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Our limited medical vocabulary
Just wondering why our Uganda languages mostly have one word for medical personnel – doctors, nurses, lab technicians and health workers as a whole – village health teams, herbalists and all others. We do not have a different word for Clinicians, for example; and it is often the case that we perceive all clinicians to […]
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Branding in Ateso, the case of my “Atorot” brand
As I sought to brand products of my Alinga Farms using Ateso, the language of my people, the Iteso of Uganda, the fifth largest first nation of Uganda, I crosschecked with the Ateso dictionary by Ongodia and Ejiet. In the Ongodia and Ejiet Ateso dictionary, the spelling of the Ateso word for flower is “Atorot”. […]
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Iteso sensitive when our language is disrespected
On behalf of my fellow Iteso (the people), I confirm to you that Ateso (our language) is a complex and highly evolved language; and I proudly clarify as follows: We, as a group, are correctly referred to as Iteso, therefore, referring to your singular friend as Iteso is wrong. Ejakait Ochom is ETESOT One person […]