Nandi (''Naandi''), also known as Cemual, 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
** Sebei people
* Kalenjin language
* Kalenjin languages
The Kalenjin ...
spoken in the highlands of western Kenya, in the districts of
Nandi,
Uasin Gishu and
Trans-Nzoia.
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
Datooga (also Datog, Datoga, Taturu, Mang'ati, Tatoga or Tatog'')'' is a Nilotic language or dialect cluster of the Southern Nilotic group. It is spoken by the Datooga people of the Great Rift Valley of Tanzania. The Sukuma name ''Taturu'' is a ...
and the
Omotik language, form the
Southern Nilotic languages
The Southern Nilotic languages are spoken mainly in western Kenya and northern Tanzania (with one of them, Kupsabiny or Sapiny, being spoken on the Ugandan side of Mount Elgon). They form a division of the larger Nilotic language family, along ...
sub-group of the
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.
Dem ...
.
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
Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning – that is, to distinguish or to inflect words. All verbal languages use pitch to express emotional and other paralinguistic information and to convey emph ...
.
References
External links
Bukuitab Saet, Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Nandi(1962) digitized by Richard Mammana
Kalenjin languages
Languages of Kenya
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