Akiek

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The Akiek are an ethnic and linguistic group based in northern Tanzania and southern Kenya. In 2000 the ethnic Akiek population was estimated to number 36,869, though the number of those speaking the Akiek language was as low as 500.

The Akiek of Tanzania are a subgroup of the Okiek or Ogiek, although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably.