Kipsigis

E247221
Nilotic language Southern Nilotic language language natural language

Kipsigis is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Kipsigis people of Kenya, who are part of the larger Kalenjin ethnic group.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kipsigis canonical 6
Sebei 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nilotic language ⓘ
Southern Nilotic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
belongsToPhylum Nilo-Saharan languages (disputed classification) ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroupOfSpeakers Kalenjin people ⓘ
Kipsigis people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kipsigiis ⓘ
Kipsikis ⓘ
hasDomain Christian religious practice ⓘ
local media and radio ⓘ
traditional religion ⓘ
hasISO639Code kln ⓘ
hasLinguisticType agglutinative language ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
hasMorphology rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasPhonology tone contrast ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasStatus regional language in Kenya ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
languageFamily Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
surface form: Southern Nilotic
macroLanguageGroup Kalenjin ⓘ
partOf Kalenjin languages ⓘ
surface form: Kalenjin language cluster
primaryAreaOfUse Rift Valley region ⓘ
surface form: Southwestern Rift Valley Kenya
region Bomet County ⓘ
Kericho District ⓘ
surface form: Kericho County
relatedTo Keiyo language ⓘ
Marakwet language ⓘ
Nandi language ⓘ
Pokot language ⓘ
Sabaot language ⓘ
Terik language ⓘ
Tugen language ⓘ
sharesISO639CodeWith Nandi ⓘ
other Kalenjin varieties ⓘ
spokenBy Kipsigis sub-group of Kalenjin ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
Rift Valley region ⓘ
surface form: Rift Valley region of Kenya
subfamily Kalenjin languages ⓘ
usedBy Kipsigis community ⓘ
usedFor cultural practices ⓘ
daily communication ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
usedIn local education (informal and early schooling contexts) ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (7)

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

Southern Nilotic languages → includesLanguage → Kipsigis ⓘ
Kalenjin → hasDialect → Kipsigis ⓘ
Nandi → closelyRelatedTo → Kipsigis ⓘ
Tugen → closelyRelatedTo → Kipsigis ⓘ
Sabaot → hasAlternativeName → Kipsigis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sebei
Terik → relatedTo → Kipsigis ⓘ
Kericho District → languageUsed → Kipsigis ⓘ