Native speakers 60,000 (2009 census) Glottolog rend1243 | ISO 639-3 rel | |
Language family Afro-AsiaticCushiticLowland EastRendille–BoniRendille | ||
Rendille (also known as Rendile, Randile) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Rendille people inhabiting northern Kenya. It is part of the family's Cushitic branch.
The Ariaal sub-group of the Rendille, who are of mixed Nilotic and Cushitic descent, speak the Nilo-Saharan Samburu language of the Samburu Nilotes near whom they live.
References
Rendille language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA