Okiek
E247228
Okiek is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Okiek (Ogiek) people of Kenya and Tanzania, known for their traditional forest-dwelling hunter-gatherer culture.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Okiek canonical | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Nilotic language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Ogiek ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mau Forest
ⓘ
forest-dwelling culture ⓘ hunter-gatherer lifestyle ⓘ |
| contactWith |
Kalenjin languages
ⓘ
Maa languages ⓘ |
| country |
Kenya
ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Okiek people ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity |
Okiek people
ⓘ
surface form:
Okiek people of Kenya
Okiek people of Tanzania ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | oki ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nilotic ⓘ |
| minorityLanguageIn |
Kenya
ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ |
| partOf | Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ |
| region | East Africa ⓘ |
| riskFactor | language shift to dominant regional languages ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Ogiek people
ⓘ
Okiek people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Kenya
ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf |
Nilotic languages
ⓘ
Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
folklore
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional ecological knowledge ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.