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Markweta language

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Native to
  
Kenya

Native speakers
  
180,000 (2009 census)

Ethnicity
  
Marakwet

ISO 639-3
  
enb

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Southern Nilotic Kalenjin Nandi–Markweta Markweta

Dialects
  
Endo (Northern) Sambirir (Southern)

Markweta (Markweeta) is a Kalenjin language of Kenya. The regional terms Endo and Sambirir (or the clan name Talai) have been used for northern and southern Markweta, but they are not distinct dialects.

References

Markweta language Wikipedia