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.

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Label Occurrences
Keiyo language canonical 8

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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

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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