Native to Kenya, Tanzania | Ethnicity Okiek | |
Region Kinare: Kinare, Kenya, on the eastern slope of the Rift Valley.
Sogoo: Kenya, southern Mau forest between the Amala and Ewas Ng'iro rivers.
Akiek: Tanzania, southern part of Arusha Region. Native speakers 79,000 in Kenya (2009 census)
A few older speakers in Tanzania Language family Nilo-Saharan?
Eastern Sudanic
Nilotic
Southern Nilotic
Kalenjin languages
Okiek–Mosiro
Ogiek Dialects Kinare (extinct)
Sogoo (endangered)
Akiek (endangered) |
Ogiek (also known as Okiek or Akiek; pronounced [oɡiɛk]) is a Southern Nilotic language cluster of the Kalenjin family spoken or once spoken by the Ogiek peoples, scattered groups of hunter-gatherers in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Most if not all Ogiek speakers have assimilated to cultures of surrounding peoples: the Akiek in northern Tanzania now speak Maasai and the Akiek of Kinare, Kenya now speak Gikuyu. Ndorobo is a term considered derogatory, occasionally used to refer to various groups of hunter-gatherers in this area, including the Ogiek.
Dialects
There are three main Ogiek varieties that have been documented, though there are several dozen named local Ogiek groups:
References
Ogiek language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA