Langenesis

Eastern Sudanic family

Kalenjin

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Kalenjin (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Eastern Sudanic language. Lineage: Proto-Eastern Sudanic → Proto-Nilotic → Kalenjin.

See Kalenjin on the interactive map
ISO 639-3
kln

Southern Nilotic dialect cluster (Nandi, Kipsigis and others) of the Kenyan highlands, also called Nandi–Markweta; intermediate Southern Nilotic node not tracked.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Eastern Sudanicc. 6,000 BCE – 4,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Niloticc. 3,000 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  3. Kalenjinc. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Nilotic.

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