"Akiek language" redirects here. For the other language sometimes called Akiek, see Akie people § Language.
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Ogiek
Okiek Akiek
Native to
Kenya, Tanzania
Region
Kinare: Kinare, Kenya, on the eastern slope of the Rift Valley. Sogoo: Kenya, southern Mau forest between the Amala and Ewas Ng'iro rivers. Akiek: Tanzania, southern part of Arusha Region.
Ethnicity
Okiek, Akie
Native speakers
79,000 in Kenya (2009 census)[1] A few older speakers in Tanzania
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic
Nilotic
Southern Nilotic
Kalenjin
Okiek–Akie
Ogiek
Dialects
Kinare (extinct)
Sogoo (endangered)
Akie (endangered)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
oki
Glottolog
okie1247 Okiek-Akie okie1245 Okiek
ELP
Okiek
Linguasphere
04-CAA-e
Ogiek (also Okiek and Akiek)[2] is a Southern Nilotic language of the Kalenjin family spoken or once spoken by the Ogiek peoples, scattered groups of hunter-gatherers in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Most Ogiek speakers have assimilated to cultures of surrounding peoples: the Akie in northern Tanzania now speak Maasai and the Ogiek of Kinare, Kenya now speak Gikuyu. Ndorobo is a term considered derogatory, occasionally used to refer to various groups of hunter-gatherers in this area, including the Ogiek.
^Ogiek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^The initial vowel varies by dialect. The first consonant is /k/, but is pronounced [ɡ] or [ɣ] between vowels.
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