Marakwet language

E866840

The Marakwet language is a Southern Nilotic language spoken by the Marakwet people of Kenya and is closely related to other Kalenjin languages such as Kipsigis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marakwet language canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kalenjin language ⓘ
Southern Nilotic language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Christianity (in local use) ⓘ
linked to: Christianity

traditional Marakwet beliefs ⓘ
belongsToBranch Eastern Sudanic languages ⓘ
belongsToPhylum Nilo-Saharan languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Kipsigis language ⓘ
Nandi language ⓘ
Pokot language ⓘ
Tugen language ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroup Marakwet people ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Endo-Marakweta ⓘ
Marakweta ⓘ
Markweta ⓘ
hasDialect Almoo ⓘ
Endo ⓘ
Markweta ⓘ
Sengwer-related varieties ⓘ
hasDomain local governance ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
traditional songs ⓘ
hasFeature noun class-like gender system ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Kalenjin varieties to some degree ⓘ
languageFamily Nilotic languages ⓘ
partOf Kalenjin macrolanguage ⓘ
region Elgeyo-Marakwet County ⓘ
Rift Valley Province ⓘ
spokenBy Marakwet people ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
status regional minority language in Kenya ⓘ
subfamily Southern Nilotic languages ⓘ
subgroup Kalenjin languages ⓘ
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
folklore ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
usedInEducation local primary schools (informally or in early grades) ⓘ
wordOrder VOS ⓘ
VSO ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Kipsigis → relatedTo → Marakwet language ⓘ
Kalenjin languages → hasMember → Marakwet language ⓘ
Keiyo → closelyRelatedTo → Marakwet language ⓘ
Nandi language → closelyRelatedTo → Marakwet language ⓘ
Nandi–Markweta → relatedTo → Marakwet language ⓘ
Endo → usesLanguage → Marakwet language ⓘ