Nandi (''Naandi''), also known as Cemual, is a Kalenjin language spoken in the highlands of western Kenya, in the districts of

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 ...

, Uasin Gishu and Trans-Nzoia.

Classification

Nandi is the language spoken by the

, who are part of the

Kalenjin people The Kalenjin are a group of tribes designated as Highland Nilotes and are descended from Maliri people ''(thus related to Daasanach of Ethiopia.)'' The Kalenjin are cousins with Datooga people of Tanzania and Malawi. In contrast, their desi ...

. These languages and dialects, classified with the Datooga language and the

Omotik language Omotik (Sawas) is a moribund Nilotic languages, Nilotic language of Kenya. It is spoken by the hunter-gatherer Omotik people of the Great Rift Valley, Kenya, Great Rift Valley among the Maasai people, Maasai; most of the Omotik population has s ...

, form the Southern Nilotic languages sub-group of the Nilotic languages.

Phonology

The tables below present the vowels and consonants 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.

Consonants

Tone

Nandi is a tonal language.

References

External links

Bukuitab Saet, Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Nandi
(1962) digitized by Richard Mammana Kalenjin languages Languages of Kenya {{ns-lang-stub