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Ndorobo Language (other)
Ndorobo or Dorobo may refer to: Languages spoken by "Dorobo peoples" of Kenya and Tanzania * Aasáx language * Aramanik language * Kisankasa language * Mediak language * Mosiro language * Omaio language * Serengeti-Dorobo language Other languages * Dorobo, a spurious language purportedly belonging to the Kuliak languages {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aasáx Language
The Asa (Aasá) language, commonly rendered Aasax (also rendered as Aasá, Aasáx, Aramanik, Asak, Asax, Assa, Asá), was spoken by the Asa people of Tanzania. The language is extinct; ethnic Assa in northern Tanzania remember only a few words they overheard their elders use, and none ever used it themselves. Little is known of the language; what is recorded was probably Aasa lexical words used in a register of Maasai like the mixed language Mbugu. Classification Asa is usually classified as Cushitic, most closely related to Kw'adza. However, it might have retained a non-Cushitic layer from an earlier language shift, and might be best left unclassified. The Aramanik (Laramanik) people once spoke Asa, but shifted to Nandi Nandi may refer to: People * Nandy (surname), Indian surname * Nandi (mother of Shaka) (1760–1827), daughter of Bhebe of the Langeni tribe * Onandi Lowe (born 1974), Jamaican footballer nicknamed Nandi * Nandi Bushell (born 2010), South Afri ... (as op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aramanik Language
The Asa (Aasá) language, commonly rendered Aasax (also rendered as Aasá, Aasáx, Aramanik, Asak, Asax, Assa, Asá), was spoken by the Asa people of Tanzania. The language is extinct; ethnic Assa in northern Tanzania remember only a few words they overheard their elders use, and none ever used it themselves. Little is known of the language; what is recorded was probably Aasa lexical words used in a register of Maasai like the mixed language Mbugu. Classification Asa is usually classified as Cushitic, most closely related to Kw'adza. However, it might have retained a non-Cushitic layer from an earlier language shift Language shift, also known as language transfer or language replacement or language assimilation, is the process whereby a speech community shifts to a different language, usually over an extended period of time. Often, languages that are percei ..., and might be best left unclassified. The Aramanik (Laramanik) people once spoke Asa, but shifted to Nandi (as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kisankasa Language
Ogiek (also Okiek and Akiek)The initial vowel varies by dialect. The first consonant is , but is pronounced or between vowels. is a Southern Nilotic language of the Kalenjin family spoken or once spoken by the Ogiek peoples, scattered groups of hunter-gatherers in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Most Ogiek speakers have assimilated to cultures of surrounding peoples: the Akiek in northern Tanzania now speak Maasai and the Akiek of Kinare, Kenya now speak Gikuyu. '' Ndorobo'' is a term considered derogatory, occasionally used to refer to various groups of hunter-gatherers in this area, including the Ogiek. Dialects There are three main Ogiek varieties that have been documented, though there are several dozen named local Ogiek groups: *''Kinare'', spoken around the Kenyan place Kinare on the eastern slope of the Rift Valley. The Kinare dialect is extinct, and Rottland (1982:24-25) reports that he found a few old men from Kinare in 1976, married with Kikuyu women and integr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mediak Language
Ogiek (also Okiek and Akiek)The initial vowel varies by dialect. The first consonant is , but is pronounced or between vowels. is a Southern Nilotic language of the Kalenjin family spoken or once spoken by the Ogiek peoples, scattered groups of hunter-gatherers in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Most Ogiek speakers have assimilated to cultures of surrounding peoples: the Akiek in northern Tanzania now speak Maasai and the Akiek of Kinare, Kenya now speak Gikuyu. '' Ndorobo'' is a term considered derogatory, occasionally used to refer to various groups of hunter-gatherers in this area, including the Ogiek. Dialects There are three main Ogiek varieties that have been documented, though there are several dozen named local Ogiek groups: *''Kinare'', spoken around the Kenyan place Kinare on the eastern slope of the Rift Valley. The Kinare dialect is extinct, and Rottland (1982:24-25) reports that he found a few old men from Kinare in 1976, married with Kikuyu women and inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosiro Language
Ogiek (also Okiek and Akiek)The initial vowel varies by dialect. The first consonant is , but is pronounced or between vowels. is a Southern Nilotic language of the Kalenjin family spoken or once spoken by the Ogiek peoples, scattered groups of hunter-gatherers in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Most Ogiek speakers have assimilated to cultures of surrounding peoples: the Akiek in northern Tanzania now speak Maasai and the Akiek of Kinare, Kenya now speak Gikuyu. ''Ndorobo'' is a term considered derogatory, occasionally used to refer to various groups of hunter-gatherers in this area, including the Ogiek. Dialects There are three main Ogiek varieties that have been documented, though there are several dozen named local Ogiek groups: *''Kinare'', spoken around the Kenyan place Kinare on the eastern slope of the Rift Valley. The Kinare dialect is extinct, and Rottland (1982:24-25) reports that he found a few old men from Kinare in 1976, married with Kikuyu women and integ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaio Language
Omaio (Omaiyo) is an obscure Dorobo language of Tanzania. According to interviews with speakers, the people were expelled from the Serengeti in the 1950s to make way for the park. As of 2018, three speakers remember some words of the language, though it had not been spoken since they were children. Based on the few hundred words and phrases that have been collected, the language has not been classified. There is evidence of words that can be traced to contact with speakers of the Maa and Datooga languages, as well as older words from the Southern Nilotic family which may have been inherited or borrowed. See also * Serengeti Dorobo language Notes External linksOmaiyo Language Resources {{Languages of Tanzania Languages of Tanzania Unclassified languages of Africa Endangered unclassified languages Endangered languages of Africa Dorobo stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serengeti-Dorobo Language
Serengeti-Dorobo (a nonce name) is an obscure "Dorobo" language, a few words of which were recorded in the late 19th century by Oscar Baumann. From the little data available, the language is not obviously related to any other, though the numeral system is Nilotic. It is not the only "Dorobo" language formerly spoken in the Serengeti. Vocabulary A few paragraphs were recorded by Baumann (1894, p. 366), but without any word-by-word translations. Numerals are as follows. Most resemble those of neighboring Nilotic languages. :1 ''napu'' (''kinavéta napó'' 'one cattle') f. Maasai fem. ''nabo'':2 ''ennya'' f. Datooga ''iyeny'', Omotik ''ainia'':3 ''uni'' f. Maasai fem. ''uni'':4 ''ongwan'' f. Maasai fem. ''ongwan'', Datooga, Okiek ''angwan'':5 ''mot'' f. Datooga ''mut'', Okiek ''mʊʊt'', Omotik ''moot'':6 ''lei'' f. Datooga ''la'', Okiek ''ile'', Maasai ''ilɛ'', Omotik ''lai'':7 ''oner'' :8 ''sissie'' f. Datooga ''sis'':9 ''naudó'' f. Okiek ''naudo'', Maasai fem. ''naaudo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |