Native to Tanzania Extinct (date missing) | Region Arusha Region | |
Ethnicity 5,270 Mosiro people (2000), 5,300 Mediak (2000), 4,700 Kisankasa (1987) Language family Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic
Nilotic
Southern Nilotic
Kalenjin
Okiek–Mosiro
Mosiro ISO 639-3 Variously:
mwy – Mosiro
mwx – Mediak
kqh – Kisankasa | ||
Mosiro is an extinct Nilo-Saharan language spoken in the Arusha Region of Tanzania. It was the primary language of the hunter-gatherer Mosiro, Mediak and Kisankasa. It is classified as a variety of Ogiek by Rottland (1982) and Sommer (1992), but is assimilated to Nandi. Like other hunter-gatherers in the area, the Mosiro are called derogatory Dorobo (Ndorobo).
Ethnologue lists three "Ndorobo" languages in the area besides Okiek: Mosiro, Mediak and Kisankasa. However, the only source for the latter two reported that they were indistinguishable from Mosiro.
References
Mosiro language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA