Nandi language

E810851

The Nandi language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken primarily by the Nandi people of Kenya, closely related to other Kalenjin languages.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nandi language canonical 23

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kalenjin language ⓘ
Southern Nilotic language ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Nandi culture ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Kalenjin people ⓘ
belongsToMacroLanguageGroup Kalenjin ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Keiyo language ⓘ
Kipsigis language ⓘ
Marakwet language ⓘ
Pokot language ⓘ
Sabaot language ⓘ
Tugen language ⓘ
coexistsWith English in Kenya ⓘ
Swahili in Kenya ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroup Nandi people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Nandi ⓘ
Nandi (Kalenjin) ⓘ
linked to: Nandi–Kalenjin
hasDialectContinuumWith other Kalenjin varieties ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature case-marking via suffixes and particles ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
verb-initial word order tendencies ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code niq ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearchOn morphology ⓘ
phonology ⓘ
syntax ⓘ
hasNeighboringLanguage English ⓘ
Kiswahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
hasPhonologicalFeature tone ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasStatus regional language in Kenya ⓘ
isMinorityLanguageIn Kenya ⓘ
isSpokenAsFirstLanguageBy many Nandi people ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
linguisticClassification Nilo-Saharan languages (proposed) ⓘ
partOf Kalenjin dialect continuum ⓘ
primaryCountry Kenya ⓘ
region Rift Valley region of Kenya ⓘ
spokenBy Nandi people ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
subfamily Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
subgroup Kalenjin languages ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Nandi people ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
traditional songs and poetry ⓘ
usedIn local education in some Nandi areas ⓘ
local radio broadcasts in Nandi areas ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nilotic languages → majorLanguage → Nandi language ⓘ
Nandi → hasAlternativeName → Nandi language ⓘ
Kipsigis → relatedTo → Nandi language ⓘ
Marakwet → closelyRelatedTo → Nandi language ⓘ
Pokot → closelyRelatedTo → Nandi language ⓘ
Sabaot → isRelatedTo → Nandi language ⓘ
Kalenjin languages → hasMember → Nandi language ⓘ
Keiyo → closelyRelatedTo → Nandi language ⓘ
Pokot language → closelyRelatedTo → Nandi language ⓘ
Nandi–Kalenjin → speaks → Nandi language ⓘ
Nandi–Kalenjin → uses → Nandi language ⓘ
Tugen language → closelyRelatedTo → Nandi language ⓘ
Keiyo language → closelyRelatedTo → Nandi language ⓘ
Keiyo language → neighboringLanguages → Nandi language ⓘ
Kipsigis language → geneticRelation → Nandi language ⓘ
Kipsigis language → closelyRelatedTo → Nandi language ⓘ
Marakwet language → closelyRelatedTo → Nandi language ⓘ
Terik language → neighboringLanguageOf → Nandi language ⓘ
Terik language → languageShiftTowards → Nandi language ⓘ
Terik language → isInfluencedBy → Nandi language ⓘ
Terik language → closelyRelatedLanguage → Nandi language ⓘ
subject linked to: Terik people
Nandi people → language → Nandi language ⓘ