• Idakho, Isukha, and Tiriki (Luidakho, Luisukha, Lutirichi) are mutually intelligible Kenyan languages within the Luhya ethnic group. They are a set of...
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    Dynasty)) We also have the Bamahalia clan. Tirikis live in proximity with the Maragoli, Nandi, Luo, Banyore and the Idakho, their fellow Luhya tribes and hence...
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    neighboured by the Idakho and the Tiriki. They perform the traditional celebratory dance known as Isukuti. Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki language Luhya people "UNESCO...
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    Mwisukha are widely believed to have founded the two subtribes - Idakho and Isukha... They are located between two major tarmac roads. The one leading...
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    same hearth.” The 21 clans are the Bukusu (Aba-Bukusu), Idakho (Av-Idakho), Isukha (Av-Isukha), Kabras (Aba-Kabras), Khayo (Aba-Khayo), Kisa (Aba-Kisa)...
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  • the ISO 639-3 language code for Luyia. There are fourteen individual language codes assigned: bxk – Bukusu ida – Idakho-Isukha-Tiriki lkb – Kabras lko...
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    people, Luhya people, and Soga who speak the Suba language that is closely similar to the Ganda language spare some lexical items borrowed from [[Luo. Their...
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    Taita-Taveta County. They speak Kidawida or Kitaita, which belongs to the Bantu language family. The West-Bantu migrated to the Taita-Taveta County around 1000-1300...
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    is classified under the Maa languages in the Eastern Nilotic language branch. It is closely related to the Samburu language (between 89% and 94% lexical...
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    Kalenjin Language; while in combination with Datooga languages of Tanzania, this cluster is called Southern Nilotic languages. The Kalenjin language, along...
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    Kenya's northern Eastern Province. The Rendille people speak the Rendille language as a mother tongue (also known as Rendile or Randile (as referred to by...
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    Okiek people (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    population was 52,596, although the number of those speaking the Akiek language was as low as 500.[dubious – discuss] In 1903, C.W.Hobley recorded eleven...
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    Nandis, and other non-Kalenjins. Elgeiyo people speak a Kalenjin/Kutiit language that falls under the Kipsigis - Nandi - Keiyo - Southern Tugen - Cherang'any'...
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    Maasai people (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
    Maasai speak the Maa language (ɔl Maa), a member of the Nilotic language family that is related to the Dinka, Kalenjin and Nuer languages. Except for some...
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    Meru people (category Articles containing Meru-language text)
    the Meru language, also known as Kimîîrú. Meru, Kikamba, Kiembu, Kimbeere and Kikuyu share critical language characteristics. The Meru language is not uniform...
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    people of Turkan) and to their land as "Turkan". The language of the Turkana, an Eastern Nilotic language, is also called Turkana; their own name for it is...
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    Kikuyu people (category Articles containing Gikuyu-language text)
    pronunciation: [ɣèkòjóꜜ]) The Kikuyu belong to the Northeastern Bantu branch. Their language is most closely related to that of the Embu and Mbeere. Geographically...
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    likely spoke South Cushitic languages. Ehret (1998) proposes that among these idioms were the now extinct Tale and Bisha languages, which were identified on...
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    province. They belong to the northeastern Bantu branch and speak the Embu language known as Kiembu as a mother tongue. It belongs to the Bantu branch of the...
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    Their language is called Kigiriama, or Kigiryama, and is a sub-language of the Kimijikenda. The nine Mijikenda groups speak closely related languages, all...
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    ethnicities Kikuyu Luhya Banyala Bukusu Gisu Idakho Isukha Khayo Kisa Marachi Maragoli Marama Tachoni Tiriki Samia Wanga Kalenjin Nandi Marakwet Kipsigis...
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    Samburu speak the Samburu dialect of the Maa language, which is a Nilotic language. The Maa language is also spoken by other 22 sub tribes of the Maa...
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    Terik people (category Languages of Kenya)
    Terik call themselves Terikeek; in their usage, 'Terik' refers to their language, land, and culture. According to their own oral history the Terik are "people...
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    Ekegusii language. In the Swahili language, the singular form is Mkisii and the plural form is Wakisii; the Swahili name for the Ekegusii language is Kikisii...
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    Tanzania. They speak the Luo language, also known as Dholuo, which belongs to the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilotic language family. Dholuo shares considerable...
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    speak the Pökoot language, which is broadly similar to the related Marakwet, Nandi, Tuken and other members of the Kalenjin language group. Pokot identity...
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    culture to some degree. The Swahili culture developed its own written language; the language incorporated elements from different civilisations, with Arabic...
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    English as their primary language of communication, with some media houses employing Swahili. Vernacular or community-based languages are commonly used in...
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    County in northern Kenya and in southern Ethiopia. They share a common language and cultural heritage with other Oromo clans. First and foremost they are...
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    Tugen people speak the Tugen language. The Tugen population was 197,556 as of 2019. Tugen is more diverse in culture and language than other Kalenjin sub tribes...
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