Sabaot (''Sebei'') is a
Kalenjin language Kalenjin may refer to:
* Kalenjin people of Kenya
** keiyo people
** Kipsigis people
** Marakwet people
** Nandi people
** Pokot people
** Terik people
** Tugen people
The Tugen are a sub tribe of the Kalenjin people alongside the Nand ...
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Sabaot people live around
Mount Elgon
Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya, north of Kisumu and west of Kitale. The mountain's highest point, named "Wagagai", is located entirely within Uganda. in both Kenya and
Uganda
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border goes straight through the mountain-top, cutting the Sabaot homeland into two halves.
Grammar
Typical of
Nilotic languages
The Nilotic languages are a group of related languages spoken across a wide area between South Sudan and Tanzania by the Nilotic peoples.
Etymology
The word Nilotic means of or relating to the Nile River or to the Nile region of Africa.
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, Sabaot uses
advanced tongue root (ATR) to express some morphological operations:
References
Sabaot SIDO Website:
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