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The Kalenjin are a group of tribes indigenous to East Africa, residing mainly in what was formerly the Rift Valley Province in Kenya and the Eastern slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda. They number 6,358,113 individuals per the Kenyan 2019 census and an estimated 273,839 in Uganda according to the 2014 census mainly in Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo districts.[3]
The Kalenjin have been divided into 11 culturally and linguistically related tribes: Kipsigis (1.9 million), Nandi (937,000), Pokots (778, 000), Sebei (350, 000), Sabaot (296,000), Keiyo (451, 000), Tugen (197, 556), Cherengany 8, 323, Marakwet (119, 000), Ogiek (52, 000), Terik (323, 230), Lembus (71,600) and Sengwer (10, 800).[4] The Kalenjin speak the Nandi–Markweta languages but can also be inclusive of Akie language in Tanzania and Pokot language spoken in Kenya; all being classified collectively as Kalenjin Language; while in combination with Datooga languages of Tanzania, this cluster is called Southern Nilotic languages.[5][6] The Kalenjin language, along with the languages of the Datooga people of Tanzania, the Maasai, Luo, Turkana, Nuer, Dinka among others are classified as Nilotic languages.
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^Uganda Bureau of Statistics. "National Population and Housing Census 2014 - Main Report" (PDF).
^Uganda Bureau of Statistics. "National Population and Housing Census 2014 - Main Report" (PDF).
^"Kalenjin – Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major holidays, Rites of passage". everyculture.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
^"Kalenjin people | Ethnic group of Africa". Native Breed.org. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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The Kalenjin are a group of tribes indigenous to East Africa, residing mainly in what was formerly the Rift Valley Province in Kenya and the Eastern slopes...
The Kalenjinpeople are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to East Africa, with a presence, as dated by archaeology and linguistics, that goes back many...
assumed halfway through the twentieth century; see Kalenjinpeople and Kalenjin language. The Kalenjin languages are generally distinguished into four branches...
Burun-speaking peoples, Teso people also known as Iteso or people of Teso, Karo peoples, Luo peoples, Ateker peoples, Kalenjinpeoples, Karamojong people also known...
Kalenjin names (sing. kainet, pl. old Kalenjin - kainok pl. modern Kalenjin - kainaik) are primarily used by the Kalenjinpeople of Kenya and Kalenjin...
Kalenjin folklore consists of folk tales, legends, songs, music, dancing, popular beliefs, and traditions communicated by the Kalenjin-speaking communities...
Kalenjin mythology refers to the traditional religion and beliefs of the Kalenjinpeople of Kenya. Ehret (1998) postulates that the Asisian religion superseded...
Kipsigiis are a Nilotic group contingent of the Kalenjin ethnic group and speak a dialect of the Kalenjin language identified by their community eponym...
Contemporary Kalenjin culture is a product of its heritage, the suite of cultural adoptions of the British colonial period and modern Kenyan identity from...
Look up kalenjin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kalenjin may refer to: Kalenjinpeople of Kenya Elgeyo people (Keiyo people) Kipsigis people Marakwet...
Kalenjin ethnic group and speak the Pökoot language, which is broadly similar to the related Marakwet, Nandi, Tuken and other members of the Kalenjin...
Eliud Kipchoge EGH (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Regarded...
ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 February 2024. Saya, Magdaline. "Strange people looked for him 4 days before his death - Kiptum's father speaks". The Star...
Traditional Kalenjin society is the way of life that existed among the Kalenjin-speaking people prior to the advent of the colonial period in Kenya and...
Ethiopia, Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo. They speak Kupsabiny, a Kalenjin language. The Sapiiny occupy three districts, namely Bukwo, Kween and Kapchorwa...
international observers have not corroborated such claims. A member of the Kalenjinpeople of the Rift Valley Province, William Ruto was born on 21 December 1966...
The Tugen are a sub tribe of the Kenyan Kalenjinpeople. They fall under the highland nilotes category. They occupy Baringo County and some parts of Nakuru...
The Oreet (pl. Ortinuek or Ortinweek) is a kinship group among the Kalenjinpeople of Kenya that is similar in concept to a clan. The members of an oreet...
following the latter's death. Born into the Tugen sub-group of the Kalenjinpeople in the Kenyan Rift Valley, Moi studied as a boy at the Africa Inland...
The Kalenjin are a Nilotic people living in Kenya. They speak Kalenjin language which is spoken in dialects specific to individual contingent tribes and/or...
Southern Nilotic languages split into two major divisions - the proto-Kalenjin and the proto-Datooga. The former took shape among those residing to the...
Paul Kibii Tergat (born 17 June 1969) is a Kenyan former professional long distance runner. He became the first Kenyan man to set the world record in the...
Mursik is a traditional fermented milk variant of the Kalenjinpeople of Kenya. It can be made from cow or goat milk and is fermented in a specially made...
the Department of Information in Eldoret, after which he published the Kalenjin monthly newsletter with Kendagor Bett. He attended the University of Melbourne...
000. Kericho is the home town of the Kipsigis, who are a part of the Kalenjinpeople. The etymology of Kericho is unclear. One theory has it that it was...
near Keringet, Nakuru County in the Kenyan Rift Valley. She comes from a Kalenjin tribe. Her elder sister and former training partner Beatrice Mutai is a...
is part of the Kenyan Kalenjin dialect cluster,[1] It is spoken mainly in Kericho and Bomet counties in Kenya. The Kipsigis people are the most numerous...
The Nandi are part of the Kalenjin, a Nilotic tribe living in East Africa. The Nandi ethnic group live with close association and relation with the Kipsigis...
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