Naandi language

Kalenjin language of western Kenya

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

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Nandi (Naandi), also known as Cemual, is a Kalenjin language spoken in the highlands of western Kenya, in the districts of Nandi, Uasin Gishu and Trans-Nzoia.^[2]

Classification

Nandi is the language spoken by the Nandi, who are part of the Kalenjin people. These languages and dialects, classified with the Datooga language and the Omotik language, form the Southern Nilotic languages sub-group of the Nilotic languages.^[2]

Phonology

The tables below present the vowels^[3] and consonants^[4] of Nandi.

Vowels

Nandi differentiates its vowels according to their place of articulation. They are either pronounced with the root of the tongue advanced, or with the root of the tongue retracted.^[5]

Consonants

Tone

Nandi is a tonal language.

References

• Creider, Chet A. (1989). A grammar of Nandi. Jane Tapsubei Creider. Hamburg: H. Buske. ISBN 3-87118-944-8. OCLC 22603638.

External links

• Bukuitab Saet, Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Nandi (1962) digitized by Richard Mammana