Ogiek (also Okiek and Akiek) is a Southern Nilotic language of the Kalenjin family spoken or once spoken by the Ogiek peoples, scattered groups of hunter-gatherers...
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Okiek people (redirect from Ogiek)
The Okiek (Okiek: [oɡiɛk]), sometimes called the Ogiek or Akiek, are a Southern Nilotic ethnic group native to Tanzania[citation needed] and Southern...
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Kenya portal Geography portal Paleolithic Afroasiatic Urheimat Ogiek language Omotik language Origins of Tutsi and Hutu Maasai people Elgeyo people Luhya...
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(682 thousand, 2016) Ngasa Ogiek Luo (185 thousand, 2009) Zinza language Sambaa language (660 thousand (2001)) Languages spoken by the country's ethnic...
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The Nubi language (also called Ki-Nubi, Arabic: كي-نوبي, romanized: kī-nūbī) is a Sudanese Arabic-based creole language spoken in Uganda around Bombo,...
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unified written grammar of Dinka. The language most closely related to Dinka is the Nuer language. The Luo languages are also closely related. The Dinka...
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Maa (English: /ˈmɑːsaɪ/ MAH-sye; autonym: ɔl Maa) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering...
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Okiek or Ogiek may refer to: the Okiek people the Ogiek language This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Okiek. If an internal...
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is a Nubian language of the Nilo-Saharan language family. "Nobiin" is the genitive form of Nòòbíí ("Nubian") and literally means "(language) of the Nubians"...
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name of sub-tribes in Kenya. Kinare language, a Southern Nilotic language cluster mainly known as Ogiek language. Kinaree Kinareh This disambiguation...
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The two official languages of Kenya, Swahili and English, are widely spoken as lingua francas; however, including second-language speakers, Swahili is...
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The Karamojong language (spelled ŋaKarimojoŋ or ŋaKaramojoŋ in Karamojong; Ngakarimojong or N'Karamojong in English) is a Nilotic language spoken by the...
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is a language spoken in western Kenya and eastern Uganda by the Pokot people. Pökoot is classified to the northern branch of the Kalenjin languages found...
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The Nubian languages are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians. Nubian languages were spoken throughout much of Sudan, but as a result of...
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Otuho, also known as Lotuko (Lotuxo), is the language of the Otuho people. It is an Eastern Nilotic language, and has several other Otuho speaking dialect...
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with what seemed to be two distinct communities speaking a Kalenjin-Ogiek language. One part of the community was associated with Sirikwa culture and more...
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(Sabiny), or Sebei, is a Kalenjin language a Southern Nilotic language of eastern Uganda. Kupsabiny and a dozen other languages form the Southern Nilotic branch...
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integrated into the world economy" (Hurni 386). Geography of Kenya Ogiek language Ewaso Lions Ewaso Nyiro barb Ewaso Nyiro labeo Rough Guide Map Kenya...
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Tamongobo, is the primary language spoken by the Tama people in Ouaddai, eastern Chad and in Darfur, western Sudan. It is a Taman language which belongs to the...
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Northern Burun is a Nilotic language of Sudan. Blench (2012) lists the three varieties separately. Burun at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) v t e...
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Tugen is the language spoken by the about 200,000 Tugen people of the broader Kalenjin group in Kenya. As a part of the Kalenjin dialect cluster, it is...
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Ingessana, (Me/Mun) Tabi, Kamanidi, or Mamedja/Mamidza, is an Eastern Sudanic language spoken by the Ingessana people in the Tabi Hills in Blue Nile State in...
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Kalenjin people (section Language)
Marakwet (119,000), Ogiek (52,000), Terik (323,230), Lembus (71,600) and Sengwer (10,800). The Kalenjin speak the Kipsigis languages but can also be inclusive...
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(Barya) language is spoken by the Nara people in an area just to the north of Barentu in the Gash-Barka Region of western Eritrea. The language is often...
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is a Nubian language of Egypt. It is spoken north of Mahas in Egypt, and is closely related to Dongolawi or Andaandi, a Nubian language of Sudan. The...
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Meʼen (also Mekan, Mieʼen, Mieken, Meqan, Men) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Eastern Sudanic, Surmic, Southeast Surmic) spoken in Ethiopia by the Meʼen people...
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Menja, Nidi) is a Surmic language spoken in the Southwest of Ethiopia, on the west bank of the Omo River. "Endangered Languages Project – Kwegu". Retrieved...
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Luwo (Luo, Dheluwo), is a language spoken by the Luo people of Bahr el Ghazal region in South Sudan. The language is predominantly spoken in the western...
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The Daju languages are spoken in isolated pockets by the Daju people across a wide area of Sudan and Chad. In Sudan, they are spoken in parts of the regions...
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Dongolawi is a Nubian language of northern Sudan. It is spoken by a minority of the Danagla people in the Nile Valley, from roughly south of Kerma upstream...
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