Keiyo language
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The Keiyo language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Keiyo people of Kenya’s Rift Valley, closely associated with and linguistically similar to other Kalenjin languages such as Kipsigis.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kalenjin language
ⓘ
Southern Nilotic language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kipsigis language
ⓘ
Marakwet language ⓘ Nandi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokot language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tugen language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Keiyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | Elgeyo-Marakwet County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Elgeyo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elgeyo language ⓘ Keiyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAncestor |
Proto-Eastern Sudanic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proto-Nilo-Saharan NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Nilotic NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Southern Nilotic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Kalenjin macrolanguage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageContactWith |
English language
ⓘ
Swahili language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticGroup | Kalenjin languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroArea | East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguages |
English language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kipsigis language NERFINISHED ⓘ Marakwet language ⓘ Nandi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Pokot language NERFINISHED ⓘ Swahili language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tugen language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Kenya’s Rift Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Keiyo people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Kenya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rift Valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Southern Nilotic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
tone language
ⓘ
verb-initial word order (VSO/VOS tendencies) ⓘ |
| usedFor | daily communication among Keiyo people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
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