ISO 639-3 · klnkln
Nilo-Saharan family · macrolanguage
Kalenjin
Kalenjin is a macrolanguage of the Southern Nilotic branch (Nilo-Saharan), spoken in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Wikidata describes it as “Southern Nilotic language family”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kln- Glottocode
kale1246- Family
- Nilo-Saharan
- Wikipedia
- 13 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
—scripts
4levels in the tree
—UNESCO level
Facts
| Name | Kalenjin |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kalenjin languages, Kalenjin language |
| Kind | macrolanguage |
Vitality
Wikidata has no EGIDS or UNESCO rating for Kalenjin yet.
family tree
From Nilo-Saharan to Kalenjin
The branches above Kalenjin, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Kenya
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mkikGikuyuNiger–Congo · 6.6 m5 · DevelopingayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · Vigorous