Keiyo language

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The Keiyo language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Keiyo people of Kenya’s Rift Valley, closely associated with and linguistically similar to other Kalenjin languages such as Kipsigis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Keiyo language canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kalenjin language ⓘ
Southern Nilotic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kipsigis language ⓘ
Marakwet language ⓘ
Nandi language ⓘ
Pokot language ⓘ
Tugen language ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroup Keiyo ⓘ
geographicDistribution Elgeyo-Marakwet County ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Elgeyo ⓘ
Elgeyo language ⓘ
Keiyo ⓘ
hasAncestor Proto-Eastern Sudanic ⓘ
Proto-Nilo-Saharan ⓘ
Proto-Nilotic ⓘ
Proto-Southern Nilotic ⓘ
isPartOf Kalenjin macrolanguage ⓘ
linked to: Kalenjin languages
languageContactWith English language ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
linguisticGroup Kalenjin languages ⓘ
macroArea East Africa ⓘ
neighboringLanguages English language ⓘ
linked to: English

Kipsigis language ⓘ
Marakwet language ⓘ
Nandi language ⓘ
Pokot language ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
Tugen language ⓘ
region Kenya’s Rift Valley ⓘ
linked to: Kenya Rift Valley
spokenBy Keiyo people ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
Rift Valley region ⓘ
subfamily Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature tone language ⓘ
verb-initial word order (VSO/VOS tendencies) ⓘ
usedFor daily communication among Keiyo people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Kipsigis → relatedTo → Keiyo language ⓘ
Marakwet → closelyRelatedTo → Keiyo language ⓘ
Kalenjin languages → hasMember → Keiyo language ⓘ
Nandi language → closelyRelatedTo → Keiyo language ⓘ
Pokot language → closelyRelatedTo → Keiyo language ⓘ
Nandi–Markweta → relatedTo → Keiyo language ⓘ
Tugen language → closelyRelatedTo → Keiyo language ⓘ
Kipsigis language → geneticRelation → Keiyo language ⓘ