Lembus

E865572

Lembus is a dialect of the Tugen language spoken by a subgroup of the Kalenjin people in Kenya.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lembus canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
variety of the Tugen language ⓘ
associatedWith Lembus community ⓘ
belongsToDialectCluster Kalenjin dialect cluster ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Tugen ⓘ
other Kalenjin dialects ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ethnicAssociation Kalenjin people ⓘ
Tugen people ⓘ
geographicDistribution areas inhabited by the Lembus subgroup in Kenya ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeaturesInCommonWith other Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
hasStatus minority language variety in Kenya ⓘ
isConsidered dialect rather than a separate language ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith Tugen ⓘ
languageFamily Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
partOf Kalenjin languages ⓘ
region Rift Valley region of Kenya ⓘ
script Latin script ⓘ
spokenBy Lembus people ⓘ
subgroup of the Kalenjin people ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
subdivisionOf Tugen language ⓘ
usedFor oral communication ⓘ
usedIn traditional cultural practices of the Lembus people ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Tugen → hasDialect → Lembus ⓘ