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The Kalenjin people can be found in the Rift Valley escarpment of Kenya. There are related people in north central Tanzania. The Sabaot extend across the Uganda border, where they are called Sebei. One of the three subgroupsofthe Sabaot, the Kony (Elgon) gave their name to Mt. Elgon on the Kenya-Uganda border. The Kalenjin people speak several languages that are not mutually intelligible but are linguistically closely related. Nandi and Kipsigis are the two major dialects of what is called the Kalenjin language. The Talai and Endo speak separate languages, as do the Pokot, Sabaot and Tugen. The Nandi, Kipsigis and Keiyo use the same Bible and similar vocabulary while the Marakwet use about half the same vocabulary, Sabaot about 1/4. With the Pokot and Ndorobo there are very few if any linguistic similarities. The Tugen sometimes use the Kalenj in Bible, but linguists find Tugen speech so different they classify Tugen as a separate language. The Endo translation is now available. The Kalenjin as a group are related to the Samburu and Maasai somewhat. There are linguistic as well as cultural similarities. "Subaa" (Good morning) is a word common to Kalenjin and Maasai. The Kalenjin are people of the Highland Nilote branch, while the Maasai and Samburu are Plains Nilotes. CONTENTS: Ch. 1: Introduction, Ch. 2: The Theoretical Framework, Ch. 3: The Languages, Ch. 4: Verb Movement and Surface Word Order, Ch. 5: Case, Ch. 6 The Structure of SVO, VSO and V/2 Languages, Ch. 7: Wh-movement, Ch. 8: NP-movement.
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