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...
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Look up kalenjin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kalenjin may refer to: Kalenjin people of Kenya Elgeyo people (Keiyo people) Kipsigis people Marakwet...
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see Kalenjin people and Kalenjin language. The Kalenjin languages are classified within the Glottolog database as follows: Kalenjin Central Kalenjin Kipsigis...
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Kalenjin folklore consists of folk tales, legends, songs, music, dancing, popular beliefs, and traditions communicated by the Kalenjin-speaking communities...
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Kalenjin names (sing. kainet, pl. old Kalenjin - kainok pl. modern Kalenjin - kainaik) are primarily used by the Kalenjin people of Kenya and Kalenjin...
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as Iteso or people of Teso, Karo peoples, Luo peoples, Ateker peoples, Kalenjin peoples, Karamojong people also known as the Karamojong or Karimojong,...
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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...
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Contemporary Kalenjin culture is a product of its heritage, the suite of cultural adoptions of the British colonial period and modern Kenyan identity from...
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The Kalenjin people are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to East Africa, with a presence, as dated by archaeology and linguistics, that goes back many...
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Nandi–Markweta languages (redirect from Kalenjin language)
The Elgeyo language, or Kalenjin proper, are a dialect cluster of the Kalenjin branch of the Nilotic language family. In Kenya, where speakers make up...
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Kalenjin mythology refers to the traditional religion and beliefs of the Kalenjin people of Kenya. Ehret (1998) postulates that the Asisian religion superseded...
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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...
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mythology Kongo mythology Lugbara mythology Mbuti mythology Kalenjin folklore Dinka mythology Kalenjin mythology Lotuko mythology Maasai mythology Somali mythology...
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divided into two groups, Kalenjin and Tatogoa, although there is some uncertainty as to the internal coherence of the Kalenjin branch. Southern Nilotic...
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Marakwet people (redirect from Marakwet Kalenjin tribe)
District The Marakwet are one of the groups forming the ethnolinguistic Kalenjin community of Kenya, they speak the Markweta language. The Marakwet live...
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Kipsigis people (category Kalenjin)
Kipsigiis are a Nilotic group contingent of the Kalenjin ethnic group and speak a dialect of the Kalenjin language identified by their community eponym...
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a member of the Nilotic language family that is related to the Dinka, Kalenjin and Nuer languages. Except for some elders living in rural areas, most...
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same record label name by the Kalenjin secular local musician Bamwai. It is sung in the Kipsigis dialect of the Kalenjin language. The song was inspired...
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languages such as Turkana and Maasai Southern Nilotic languages such as Kalenjin and Datooga Western Nilotic languages such as Luo, Nuer and Dinka Before...
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Githeri (section Kalenjin languages)
Githeri (Gĩtheri), also called muthere or mutheri, is a traditional Kenyan meal consisting of maize and legumes (primarily beans) mixed and boiled together...
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and settled at the Mwalie hills. This area was already inhabited by some Kalenjin sub-nationalities like the Laku, the Sabiny( known by the bukusu as basawinja)...
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Tanzania) Mediak (Kalenjin, northern Tanzania) Kisankasa (Kalenjin, northern Tanzania) Aramanik (Kalenjin, Tanzania) Mosiro (Kalenjin, Tanzania) Omotik...
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William Ruto, the President of Kenya. It tends to be more popular among the Kalenjin people. The party fielded candidates in March 2021 by-elections. UDA nominated...
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present-day southern Sudan into Kenya. Nilotic groups in Kenya include the Kalenjin, Samburu, Luo, Turkana, and Maasai. By the first millennium AD, Bantu-speaking...
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Nandi people (category Articles containing Kalenjin-language text)
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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2.0 million Mijikenda/Giriama ca. 1 million Nilotic Dholuo 5.0 million Kalenjin languages 4.6 million (Kipsigis 1.9 million, Nandi 940,000) Maasai 1.2...
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(10.65%) in Kenya, after the Kikuyu (17.13%), the Luhya (14.35%) and the Kalenjin (13.37%). The Tanzanian Luo population was estimated at 1.1 million in...
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six constituencies in Uasin Gishu County. The name is derived from the Kalenjin word Soin meaning hot. "Constituency – Constituencies in Kenya". softkenya...
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Idakho Isukha Khayo Kisa Marachi Maragoli Marama Tachoni Tiriki Samia Wanga Kalenjin Nandi Marakwet Kipsigis Elgeyo Tugen Terik Pokot Sabaot Luo Suba Kunta...
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Sabaot people (category Kalenjin)
The Sabaot are one of the nine sub-tribes of the Kalenjin of Kenya and Uganda. The Sabaot in turn are divided into six sub-tribes largely identified by...
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