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