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El Molo
| Kalenjin
| Kamba
| Kikuyu
| Kisii
| Luhya
| Luo
| Maasai
| Meru
| Samburu
| Swahili
| Turkana
| Kalenjin |
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| Indigenous Group |
Kalenjin
(Also Known As; Nandi,
Naandi, Cemual, Keiyo Keyo, Elgeyo, Kipsigis Kipsiikis, Kipsikis, Kipsikiis, Tugen Tuken, Marakwet,
Ogiek Okiek, Ndorbo, Pokot,
Pokoot, Suk, Sekei and Terek Nyang'ori, Terikeek) |
| Location |
Kenya, Nandi, Kericho,
and Uasin Gishu districts, Rift Valley Province |
| Estimated Population |
2,251,484 (1999, Peoplegroups) |
| Environment |
Savannah / Highland
/ Valley / Temperate |
| Lifestyle |
Semi-nomadic / Sedentary |
| Subsistence |
Agriculture / Animal
Husbandry |
| Level of Assimilation |
Fairly Traditional |
| Language Family |
Kalenjin
Classification: Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic,
Southern, Kalenjin, Nandi-Markweta, Nandi
Alternate names: Nandi
Dialects:
Nandi (Naandi, Cemual), Terik (Nyang'ori), Kipsigis (Kipsiikis, Kipsikis,
Kipsikiis), Keiyo (Keyo, Elgeyo), South Tugen (Tuken), Cherangany. Lexical similarity
60% with Omotik, 50% with Datooga. |
| Website URLs |
Kalenjin
Online
Ethnologue:
Kalenjin; A language of Kenya
Wikipedia,
Kalenjin
People
Profile: Kalenjin
Kenya
Runners: Kalenjin
Kenya’s
Running tribe: Kalenjin
Global
Sound: Kalenjin
Why
are the Nandi Farmers Impoverished |
| NGOs |
United
Nations, Kenya
United Nations
Development Programme,Kenya
World
Bank, Kenya
Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium
(KANCO)
Kenya Human Rights Commission
International Community
for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering (ICROSS) |
| Researchers Notes |
The Kalenjin are an
ethnic group of several smaller subgroups: Nandi, Keiyo, Kipsigis, Tugen,
Marakwet, Ogiek, Pokot, Sekei and Terek. |
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