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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]

Nandi
Naandi
Native toKenya
RegionRift Valley Province
EthnicityNandi people
Native speakers
950,000 (2009 census)[1]
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
  • Eastern Sudanic
Language codes
ISO 639-3niq
Glottolognand1266

Classification


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]


Phonology


The tables below present the vowels[3] and consonants[4] of Nandi.


Vowels


Front Central Back
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]


Consonants


Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar
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]

Tone


Nandi is a tonal language.


References


  1. Nandi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Creider, Chet A. (1989). A grammar of Nandi. Jane Tapsubei Creider. Hamburg: H. Buske. p. 9. ISBN 3-87118-944-8. OCLC 22603638.
  3. Creider, Chet A. (1989). A grammar of Nandi. Jane Tapsubei Creider. Hamburg: H. Buske. p. 17. ISBN 3-87118-944-8. OCLC 22603638.
  4. Creider, Chet A. (1989). A grammar of Nandi. Jane Tapsubei Creider. Hamburg: H. Buske. p. 13. ISBN 3-87118-944-8. OCLC 22603638.
  5. Creider, Chet A. (1989). A grammar of Nandi. Jane Tapsubei Creider. Hamburg: H. Buske. p. 18. ISBN 3-87118-944-8. OCLC 22603638.



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- [en] Naandi language

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Le nandi est une langue nilo-saharienne de la branche des langues nilotiques parlée dans les hauts plateaux de l'Ouest du Kenya, dans les districts de Nandi, Uashin Gishu et Trans Nzoia[1].



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