Naandi language

Not to be confused with Nande language.

Nandi
Naandi
Native to	Kenya
Region	Rift Valley Province
Ethnicity	Nandi people
Native speakers	950,000 (2009 census)^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Southern Nilotic Kalenjin Nandi–Markweta Nandi languages Nandi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`niq`
Glottolog	`nand1266`^[2]

Nandi (Naandi), also known as Cemual, is a Kalenjin language of Kenya.

References

↑ Nandi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Nandi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of Kenya

Official languages

Indigenous languages

Bantu	Bajuni Digo Embu Gusii Idaxo-Isuxa-Tiriki Ilwana Kamba Khayo Kikuyu Kuria Logoli Marachi Meru Nyole Pokomo Samia Suba Taita West Nyala

Cushitic	Aweer Burji Daasanach Dahalo El Molo Orma Oromo Rendille Somali Southern Oromo Waata Yaaku

Nilo-Saharan	Kipsigis Luo Maasai Naandi Ogiek Omotik Pökoot Samburu Tugen Turkana

Sign languages

Kenyan Sign Language

Authority control	LCCN: sh85089671 GND: 4120274-0 BNF: cb122650874 (data)

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