• the Pokot people. Pökoot is classified to the northern branch of the Kalenjin languages found in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. The Pökoot are usually called...
    2 KB (226 words) - 16:24, 24 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pokot people
    Pokot people (redirect from Pökoot people)
    and speak the Pökoot language, which is broadly similar to the related Marakwet, Nandi, Tuken and other members of the Kalenjin language group. Pokot identity...
    9 KB (1,121 words) - 22:18, 7 April 2024
  • Elgon (Sebei) Nandi–Markweta (Kalenjin) Okiek–Mosiro Pökoot Sample basic vocabulary of Kalenjin languages from van Otterloo (1979), and Proto-Southern Nilotic...
    7 KB (274 words) - 22:22, 9 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Languages of Uganda
    spoken along the border with Kenya, including Pökoot and the Elgon languages near Kupsabiny. Kuliak languages Ik and Soo are spoken in northeast Uganda....
    9 KB (938 words) - 08:26, 22 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Maasai language
    Masai) or Maa (English: /ˈmɑːsaɪ/; autonym: ɔl Maa) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering...
    13 KB (1,450 words) - 18:41, 10 February 2024
  • 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...
    15 KB (1,349 words) - 22:52, 4 April 2024
  • 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,...
    13 KB (1,119 words) - 23:49, 18 April 2024
  • languages (Arabic: لُغَات نُوبِيّة, romanized: lughāt nūbiyyah) are a group of related languages spoken by the Nubians. In the past, Nubian languages...
    18 KB (1,480 words) - 16:53, 6 April 2024
  • Anuak or Anywaa is a Luo language which belongs to the western Nilotic branch of the Nilotic language family. It is spoken primarily in the western part...
    4 KB (126 words) - 00:09, 19 March 2024
  • 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...
    8 KB (841 words) - 16:36, 5 April 2024
  • Kalenjin. There are nine individual language codes assigned: enb – Markweeta eyo – Keiyo niq – Nandi oki – Okiek pko – Pökoot sgc – Kipsigis spy – Sabaot tec...
    55 KB (4,513 words) - 01:48, 11 February 2024
  • Pokot (redirect from Pökoot)
    Pokot or Pökoot may refer to: the Pokot people the Pokot language Spoor (film), a 2017 Polish film West Pokot County, Kenya This disambiguation page lists...
    202 bytes (53 words) - 19:16, 29 December 2019
  • The Elgeyo language, or Kalenjin proper, are a dialect cluster of the Kalenjin branch of the Nilotic language family. In Kenya, where speakers make up...
    14 KB (1,857 words) - 06:50, 6 March 2024
  • In early 20th century classification of African languages, Sudanic was a generic term for languages spoken in the Sahel belt, from Ethiopia in the east...
    7 KB (524 words) - 00:02, 19 March 2023
  • (see) Tatoga: Omotik, Datooga Kalenjin Elgon languages Kupsabiny Sabaot Nandi–Markweta Kipsigis Okiek Pökoot Tatogoa Datooga Omotik Proto-Kalenjin has been...
    5 KB (333 words) - 22:21, 9 April 2024
  • Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages, along with the Eastern Nilotic languages and Southern Nilotic languages; Themselves...
    4 KB (277 words) - 22:20, 9 April 2024
  • Northern Nubian language of the Nilo-Saharan language family. "Nobiin" is the genitive form of Nòòbíí ("Nubian") and literally means "(language) of the Nubians"...
    38 KB (4,268 words) - 18:48, 17 March 2024
  • Northern Burun is a Nilotic language of Sudan. Blench (2012) lists the three varieties separately. Burun at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) v t e...
    1 KB (24 words) - 21:53, 30 March 2024
  • The dozen Luo, Lwo or Lwoian languages are spoken by the Luo peoples in an area ranging from southern Sudan to western Ethiopia to southern Kenya, with...
    4 KB (278 words) - 07:57, 14 January 2024
  • 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...
    1 KB (74 words) - 14:05, 13 December 2023
  • (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...
    5 KB (286 words) - 23:28, 26 July 2023
  • Bari is the Nilotic language of the Karo people, spoken over large areas of Central Equatoria state in South Sudan, across the northwest corner of Uganda...
    6 KB (371 words) - 22:22, 9 April 2024
  • 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...
    4 KB (273 words) - 02:40, 9 March 2024
  • 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 dialectic...
    2 KB (74 words) - 11:31, 1 March 2024
  • The Nuer language (Thok Naath) ("people's language") is a Nilotic language of the Western Nilotic group. It is spoken by the Nuer people of South Sudan...
    14 KB (1,199 words) - 22:53, 4 April 2024
  • sounds may also sound as labial affricates [pf] and [bv]. Acholi is a tonal language. Thus, some words may be distinguished by tone alone, e.g. bèl (low) 'wrinkled'...
    7 KB (540 words) - 19:00, 27 March 2024
  • The Karamojong language (spelled ŋaKarimojoŋ or ŋaKaramojoŋ in Karamojong; Ngakarimojong or N'Karamojong in English) is a Nilotic language spoken by the...
    9 KB (1,201 words) - 03:38, 10 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eastern Sudanic languages
    Sudanic languages are a group of nine families of languages that may constitute a branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. Eastern Sudanic languages are...
    17 KB (922 words) - 16:45, 25 March 2024
  • Northern Eastern Sudanic, Eastern k Sudanic, Ek Sudanic, NNT or Astaboran languages may form a primary division of the proposed Eastern Sudanic family. They...
    4 KB (371 words) - 11:55, 16 March 2024
  • The Mararit language is a Taman language of the Eastern Sudanic branch spoken in eastern Chad and western Sudan. There are two dialects, Ibiri and Abou...
    2 KB (204 words) - 22:45, 26 February 2024