Rendille
E837600
Rendille is an Afroasiatic Cushitic language spoken primarily by the Rendille people of northern Kenya.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rendille canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Afroasiatic language
ⓘ
Cushitic language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Afar language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saho language NERFINISHED ⓘ Somali language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Rendille people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Randile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rendile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole |
marker of Rendille ethnic identity
ⓘ
vehicle of traditional songs and poetry ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
camel herding vocabulary
ⓘ
pastoralist terminology ⓘ |
| hasGrammaticalFeature |
agreement on verbs
ⓘ
case marking ⓘ definite and indefinite marking ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticTypology | SOV word order (tendency) ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
gender distinction in nouns
ⓘ
number distinction in nouns ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
emphatic consonants
ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasScriptUsage | primarily oral with growing written use ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature | language shift pressure toward dominant Kenyan languages ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | rel ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Afroasiatic ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Horn of Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySpeakers | Rendille people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Province of Kenya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Marsabit County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riskStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | northern Kenya ⓘ |
| status | minority language in Kenya ⓘ |
| subfamily | Cushitic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
English
ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cultural practices
ⓘ
daily communication among Rendille people ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.