Ik (also known as Icetot, Icietot, Ngulak or (derogatory[further explanation needed]) Teuso, Teuth) is one of the Kuliak languages of northeastern Uganda.
[5] Their traditional homeland is a 50 kilometer-long narrow strip of territory along the Kenya-Uganda border, stretching from Mount Morungole and Kidepo National Park in the north to Mount Lopokok and Timu Forest in the south.
The community sees the language as vital to maintaining their ethnic identity and wants their children to learn Ik in school.
Three additional phonemes, /tlʼ, ɬ, ɮ/, were originally in the language but were lost in the early 21st century.
[5] Traditional Ik society also has terms for specific prohibitions and taboos, such as:[3]