Rendille language
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| Rendille | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Kenya |
| Region | Eastern Province |
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Native speakers
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60,000 (2009 census)[1] |
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Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rel |
| Glottolog | rend1243[2] |
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.[3]
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.[3][4]
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental–alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless plosive | t | c | k | ||
| Voiced plosive | b | d | ɟ | g | |
| Fricative | f | s | x | h ~ ħ ~ ʔ | |
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Glide | w | j |
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| Open | a | ɑ |
Notes
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- Antoinette Oomen. 1981. "Gender and Plurality in Rendille," Afroasiatic Linguistics 8:35-75.
- Steve Pillinger & Letiwa Galboran. 1999. A Rendille Dictionary, Including a Grammatical Outline and an English-Rendille Index. Cushitic Language Studies Volume 14. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
- Günther Schlee. 1978. Sprachliche Studien zum Rendille. Hamburger Philologische Studien 46. Hamburg: Helmut Buske Verlag.
- Ronald J. Sim. 1981. "Morphophonemics of the Verb in Rendille," Afroasiatic Linguistics 8:1-33.
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- ↑ Rendille at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ethnologue - Rendille
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