Keiyo

E343373

Southern Nilotic language language

Keiyo is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Keiyo people of Kenya’s Rift Valley region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Keiyo canonical	5

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Southern Nilotic language ⓘ language ⓘ
associatedWith	Kalenjin identity ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Kipsigis language ⓘ Marakwet language ⓘ Nandi language ⓘ Tugen language ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Keiyo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Elgeyo ⓘ Kalenjin ⓘ surface form: Kalenjin-Keiyo Keyo ⓘ
hasCulturalRole	expression of Keiyo customs ⓘ transmission of Keiyo oral literature ⓘ
hasDialects	northern Keiyo ⓘ southern Keiyo ⓘ
hasDomainOfUse	home ⓘ local markets ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature	case-marking via suffixes ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ verb-initial tendencies ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	tone ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticStatus	minority language in Kenya ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script
isEndangered	true ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	eyo ⓘ
languageFamily	Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ surface form: Nilo-Saharan Nilotic ⓘ Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ surface form: Southern Nilotic
partOf	Kalenjin languages ⓘ
primaryLocation	Elgeyo-Marakwet County ⓘ
region	Great Rift Valley ⓘ surface form: Rift Valley
spokenBy	Keiyo people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Kenya ⓘ Rift Valley region ⓘ
subclassOf	Nilo-Saharan language ⓘ Nilotic language ⓘ
threatenedBy	language shift to English ⓘ language shift to Swahili ⓘ
usedAlongside	English ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Swahili
usedFor	cultural practices ⓘ daily communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ

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

Southern Nilotic languages → includesLanguage → Keiyo ⓘ

Kalenjin → hasDialect → Keiyo ⓘ

Nandi → closelyRelatedTo → Keiyo ⓘ

Tugen → closelyRelatedTo → Keiyo ⓘ

Terik → relatedTo → Keiyo ⓘ