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Ogiek language

Ogiek (also Okiek and Akiek) 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 Akie in northern Tanzania now speak Maasai and the Ogiek of Kinare, Kenya…

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Dialects
Kinare † · Sogoo · Akie
ELP
Okiek
Ethnicity
Okiek, Akie
Glottolog
okie1245
ISO 639-3
oki
Language family
Eastern SudanicNiloticSouthern NiloticKalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek · NiloticSouthern NiloticKalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek · Southern NiloticKalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek · KalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek · Okiek–AkieOgiek

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Ogiek language

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples17
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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Ogiek language

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Language family · 6
Ogiek language → Eastern SudanicNiloticSouthern NiloticKalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek, KalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek, NiloticSouthern NiloticKalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek, Ogiek, Okiek–AkieOgiek, Southern NiloticKalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek
Dialects · 3
Ogiek language → Akie, Kinare †, Sogoo
ELP · 1
Ogiek language → Okiek
Ethnicity · 1
Ogiek language → Okiek, Akie
Glottolog · 1
Ogiek language → okie1245
ISO 639-3 · 1
Ogiek language → oki
Linguasphere · 1
Ogiek language → 04-CAA-e
Native speakers · 1
Ogiek language → 79,000 in Kenya (2009 census) A few older speakers in Tanzania
Native to · 1
Ogiek language → Kenya, Tanzania
Region · 1
Ogiek language → Kinare: Kinare, Kenya, on the eastern slope of the Rift Valley. Sogoo: Kenya, southern Mau forest between the Amala and Ewas Ng'iro rivers. Akiek: Tanzania, southern part of Aru…

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Important terminology

okiek ogiek kenya tanzania corinne kratz akie sogoo language southern kinare maasai pp groups spoken akiek speakers kalenjin press peoples

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Ogiek languageDialectsKinare †1.00infobox
Ogiek languageDialectsSogoo1.00infobox
Ogiek languageDialectsAkie1.00infobox
Ogiek languageELPOkiek1.00infobox
Ogiek languageEthnicityOkiek, Akie1.00infobox
Ogiek languageGlottologokie12451.00infobox
Ogiek languageISO 639-3oki1.00infobox
Ogiek languageLanguage familyEastern SudanicNiloticSouthern NiloticKalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek1.00infobox
Ogiek languageLanguage familyNiloticSouthern NiloticKalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek1.00infobox
Ogiek languageLanguage familySouthern NiloticKalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek1.00infobox
Ogiek languageLanguage familyKalenjinOkiek–AkieOgiek1.00infobox
Ogiek languageLanguage familyOkiek–AkieOgiek1.00infobox
Ogiek languageLanguage familyOgiek1.00infobox
Ogiek languageLinguasphere04-CAA-e1.00infobox
Ogiek languageNative speakers79,000 in Kenya (2009 census) A few older speakers in Tanzania1.00infobox
Ogiek languageNative toKenya, Tanzania1.00infobox
Ogiek languageRegionKinare: Kinare, Kenya, on the eastern slope of the Rift Valley. Sogoo: Kenya, southern Mau forest between the Amala and Ewas Ng'iro rivers. Akiek: Tanzania, southern part of Aru…1.00infobox

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