Markweta language
| Markweta | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Kenya |
| Ethnicity | Marakwet |
Native speakers | 180,000 (2009 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
Endo (Northern)
Sambirir (Southern)
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
enb |
| Glottolog |
mark1255[2] |
Markweta (Markweeta) is a Kalenjin language of Kenya. The regional terms Endo and Sambirir (or the clan name Talai) have been used for northern and southern Markweta, but they are not distinct dialects.
References
- ↑ Markweta at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Markweeta". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.