The Kalenjin languages are a group of twelve related Southern Nilotic languages spoken in Kenya, eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania. The term Kalenjin comes from a Nandi expression meaning 'I say (to you)'. Kalenjin in this broad linguistic sense should not be confused with Kalenjin as a term for the common identity the Nandi-speaking peoples of Kenya assumed halfway the twentieth century; see Kalenjin and Kalenjin language.

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  • The Kalenjin languages are a group of twelve related Southern Nilotic languages spoken in Kenya, eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania. The term Kalenjin comes from a Nandi expression meaning 'I say (to you)'. Kalenjin in this broad linguistic sense should not be confused with Kalenjin as a term for the common identity the Nandi-speaking peoples of Kenya assumed halfway the twentieth century; see Kalenjin and Kalenjin language. The Kalenjin languages are generally distinguished into four sub-branches. There is less certainty regarding internal relationships within those four main branches. The following internal classification is based on the Ethnologue, 15th edition (2005): Elgon languages Kupsabiny (Uganda) Sabaot (Kenya) Nandi-Markweta languages Markweta languages Endo language (Kenya) Talai language (Kenya) Nandi languages Aramanik language (Kenya) Kalenjin language (Kenya) (including Kipsigis, Nandi, Terik, and Keiyo dialects) Kisankasa language (Tanzania) Mediak language (Tanzania) Mosiro language (Tanzania) (considered a subdivision of Akiek by Rottland and Sommer) Tugen language (Kenya) Okiek language (Kenya, Tanzania) Kinare dialect (extinct) Sogoo dialect (endangered) Akiek dialect (endangered) Pökoot language (Kenya)
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  • Nilo-Saharan
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  • Kalenjin
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  • western Kenya, eastern Uganda, northern Tanzania
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  • The Kalenjin languages are a group of twelve related Southern Nilotic languages spoken in Kenya, eastern Uganda and northern Tanzania. The term Kalenjin comes from a Nandi expression meaning 'I say (to you)'. Kalenjin in this broad linguistic sense should not be confused with Kalenjin as a term for the common identity the Nandi-speaking peoples of Kenya assumed halfway the twentieth century; see Kalenjin and Kalenjin language.
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  • Kalenjin languages
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