Mosiro language
| Mosiro | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Tanzania |
| Region | Arusha Region |
| Ethnicity | 5,270 Mosiro people (2000),[1] 5,300 Mediak (2000), 4,700 Kisankasa (1987) |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
|
Nilo-Saharan?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: mwy – Mosiro mwx – Mediak kqh – Kisankasa |
| Glottolog |
mosi1247[2] |
Mosiro is an extinct Nilo-Saharan language spoken in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It was the primary language of the hunter-gatherer Mosiro, Mediak and Kisankasa. It is classified as a variety of Ogiek by Rottland (1982) and Sommer (1992), but is assimilated to Nandi. Like other hunter-gatherers in the area, the Mosiro are called derogatory Dorobo (Ndorobo).
Ethnologue lists three "Ndorobo" languages in the area besides Okiek: Mosiro, Mediak and Kisankasa. However, the only source for the latter two reported that they were indistinguishable from Mosiro.[3]
References
- ↑ Mosiro language at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mosiro". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 23, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.