Nandi (Naandi), also known as Cemual, is a Kalenjin language spoken in the highlands of western Kenya, in the districts of Nandi, Uasin Gishu and Trans-Nzoia.[2]
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Naandi | |
Native to | Kenya |
Region | Rift Valley Province |
Ethnicity | Nandi people |
Native speakers | 950,000 (2009 census)[1] |
Language family | Nilo-Saharan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | niq |
Glottolog | nand1266 |
Nandi is the language spoken by the Nandi, who are part of the Kalenjin people. These languages and dialects, classified with the Datooga language and the Omotik language, form the Southern Nilotic languages sub-group of the Nilotic languages.[2]
The tables below present the vowels[3] and consonants[4] of Nandi.
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i [i] ii [iː] | u [u] uu [uː] | |
Mid | e [e] ee [eː] | o [o] oo [oː] | |
Open | a [a] aa [aː] |
Nandi differentiates its vowels according to their place of articulation. They are either pronounced with the root of the tongue advanced, or with the root of the tongue retracted.[5]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Stop | p [p] | t [t] | k [k] | |
Fricative | s [s] | |||
Affricate | tʃ [t͡ʃ] | |||
Nasal | m [m] | n [n] | ny [ɲ] | ng [ŋ] |
Liquid | l [l] | |||
Rhotic | r [r] | |||
Semivowel | w [w] | y [j] |
Nandi is a tonal language.
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