Kalenjin

E247219

Kalenjin is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily in Kenya by the Kalenjin people, who are also renowned for producing many of the world’s elite long-distance runners.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Kalenjin canonical 16
Kalenjin-Keiyo 1
Northern Kalenjin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic language
Southern Nilotic language
language
closelyRelatedTo Bari
Datooga
Omotik
country Kenya
ethnicGroup Kalenjin people
family Southern Nilotic languages
surface form: Southern Nilotic
glottocode kale1256
hasAlternativeName Kalenjin languages
surface form: Kalenjin language

Nandi–Kalenjin
hasDialect Keiyo
Kipsigis
Marakwet
Nandi
Pokot
Sabaot
Terik
Tugen
hasFeature rich verbal morphology
tone
vowel harmony
hasLinguisticResearchOn morphology
phonology
syntax
hasStandardForm Kipsigis-based standard
Nandi-based standard
isEndangered no
ISO639-2 kln
ISO639-3 kln
languageFamily Eastern Sudanic languages
surface form: Eastern Sudanic

Nilo-Saharan languages
surface form: Nilo-Saharan
majorityReligionOfSpeakers Christianity
minorityReligionOfSpeakers Islam
morphologicalType agglutinative
nativeSpeakers millions
primaryWordOrder VOS
VSO
region Kenya
spokenIn Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
subfamily Nandi–Markweta
usedBy Kalenjin people
usedIn education in parts of Kenya
local media in Kenya
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daniel arap Moi ethnicGroup Kalenjin
Nandi isVarietyOf Kalenjin
Kipsigis macroLanguageGroup Kalenjin
Tugen subfamily Kalenjin
Marakwet languageBranch Kalenjin
Marakwet altName Kalenjin
this entity surface form: Northern Kalenjin
William Ruto ethnicGroup Kalenjin
William Ruto languageSpoken Kalenjin
Keiyo hasAlternativeName Kalenjin
this entity surface form: Kalenjin-Keiyo
Nakuru County hasEthnicGroup Kalenjin
Eldoret hasEthnicCommunities Kalenjin
Kenyan languageSpoken Kalenjin