The Southern Nilotic languages are spoken mainly in western Kenya and northern Tanzania. They form a division of the larger Nilotic language family, along with the Western Nilotic languages and the Eastern Nilotic languages.
Facts
RegionWestern Kenya, eastern Uganda, northern Tanzania 2 Proto-Language StatusProto-Kalenjin, ancestor of the larger of Southern Nilotic's two branches, was reconstructed by Franz Rottland in 1979; no separate reconstruction of the full Southern Nilotic ancestor is documented in the source. 2 Browse and compare
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Southern Nilotic (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 16
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Wikipedia: Southern Nilotic Languages
WikipediaInfobox, region field
western Kenya, eastern Uganda, northern Tanzania
Reconstruction section
Proto-Kalenjin has been reconstructed by Franz Rottland (1979).
View the Source Wikidata: Southern Nilotic languages
Wikidata Q1552410, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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