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Most Latin fonts would probably suffice. [verify]
2007-11-23 22:52
by Don Osborn - Link
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[This is apparently a simple Latin alphabet but with diacritics in Nandi?]
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2007-09-29 22:01
by Don Osborn - Link
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Samples on the "Language museum" site:
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2007-04-11 02:29
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2007-02-10 18:35
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Nandi, Kipsigis, Terik, Keiyo, Tugen, Cherangany
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Nandi, Kipsigis, Terik, Keiyo, Tugen, Cherangany
Classification / Classification
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Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
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7 Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
7a Fonts / Polices
7b Keyboard layouts / Dispositions de clavier
7c Content on computers & internet / Contenu en informatique et sur l'Internet
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Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
Fonts / Polices
Keyboard layouts / Dispositions de clavier
Content on computers & internet / Contenu en informatique et sur l'Internet
Kanenjin Online has some Kalenjin content: http://www.kalenjin.net/
Localized software / Logiciels localisés
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Language codes / Codes de langue
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7f Other / Autre
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______, "Kipsigis language," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kipsigis_language
______, "Tugen language," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tugen_language
2006-10-17 15:50
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[This is apparently a simple Latin alphabet but with diacritics in Nandi?]
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Samples on the "Language museum" site:
- Kalenjin http://www.language-museum.com/k/kalenjin.htm
- Nandi http://www.language-museum.com/n/nandi.htm
2006-10-17 15:43
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2006-10-17 15:37
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Kalenjin
Nandi, Kipsigis, Terik, Keiyo, Tugen, Cherangany
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"The present name for the dialect cluster gained prominense in the late 1940s and the early 1950s, when several Nandi-speaking peoples united to assume the common name 'Kalenjin', a Nandi expression meaning I say (to you). Due to this effort, the peoples were transformed into a major ethnic group in Kenya. The adoption of the name Kalenjin also involved a standardization of the different dialects." (Wikipedia)
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Kalenjinis a cluster of closely related dialects spoken in Western Kenya and the Rift Valley by about 12% of Kenya's population. (Wikipedia)
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6b Sample Alphabet / Alphabet exemple
7 Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
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Note the divergent opinions on a standard Kalanjin from the Webbook, which date from the 1980s and earlier, and the more recent (but not as clearly referenced) Wikipedia article on "Kalenjin language."
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U.S. Library of Congress, "ISO 639.2," http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html
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U.S. Library of Congress, "ISO 639.2: Codes for the Representation of Names of Languages: Alpha-3 codes arranged alphabetically by the English name of language," http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php
Wikipedia, Kalenjin language, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalenjin_language
______, "Kalenjin languages," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalenjin_languages
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The apparent diversity of dialects might complicate localisation efforts, and the low literacy rates in it do not promise an automatic market. On the other hand, if the use of Kalenjin in broadcast media indicates a standard or emerging standard, something might be tried based on it.
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2005-07-26 15:30
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Ethnologue lists the classification as: Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Southern, Kalenjin, Nandi-Markweta, Nandi
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2,458,123 (1989 census). Population includes 471,459 Kipsigis, 261,969 Nandi, 110,908 Keiyo, 130,249 Tugen (1980 Heine and Möhlig) (Ethnologue)
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According to Ethnologue:
- Nandi (Naandi, Cemual)
- Terik (Nyang'ori)
- Kipsigis (Kipsiikis, Kipsikis, Kipsikiis)
- Keiyo (Keyo, Elgeyo)
- South Tugen (Tuken)
- Cherangany
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Literacy rate (according to Ethnologue):
- L1: below 1%
- L2: 15% to 25%
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None known of.
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- ISO 639-2: -
- ISO/DIS 639-3: kln
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Webbook of African Languages, http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/hiermenu.html (page on "Kelenjin (Nandi/Kipsigis)," http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Kalenjin_root.html )
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Dwyer, David (1997), Webbook of African Languages, http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/hiermenu.html (page on "Kalenjin (Nandi/Kipsigis)," http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Kalenjin_root.html )
SIL International, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, "Kalenjin," http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kln
SIL International, "ISO 639 Code Tables," http://www.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp
U.S. Library of Congress, "ISO 639.2," http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/englangn.html
2005-06-06 09:12
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Nandi and Kipsigis, are two of the many languages found under the increasingly popular cover term "Kalenjin" (often used for the southern subgroup of Nilotic). (Webbook)
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Rift Valley Province, Kenya. (Nandi is spoken in Nandi, North Nyanza, and Kericho Districts; Kipsigis in Kericho District.) (Webbook)
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Rottland (personal communication, 1983) has remarked that the problem with "the term Kalenjin [is that it] implies the existence of a standard, or at least a variant which is understood throughout the area. Both are false." One limited survey has been carried out by van Otterloo (n.d.) [that indicates seven different dialects]. Heine (1980) notes 12 dialects in Kalenjin. (Webbook)
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Kalenjin has been used in the police, army, and to some extent "in the Game Department" (Whiteley 1974). It is broadcast over the Voice of Kenya. (Webbook)
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Nandi and Kipsigis have standardized orthographies. (Webbook)
2005-05-27 09:45
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9 References / Références
Webbook of African Languages, http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/hiermenu.html (page on "Kelenjin (Nandi/Kipsigis)," http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Kalenjin_root.html )
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1 Classification / Classification
2 Where Spoken / Localisation géographique
3 Number of Speakers / Nombre de locuteurs
4 Dialect Survey / Enquête de dialecte
5 Usage / Utilisation
6 Orthography / Orthographe
6a Status / Statut
6b Sample Alphabet / Alphabet exemple
7 Use in ICT / Utilisation dans les TIC
7a Fonts / Polices
7b Keyboard layouts / Dispositions de clavier
7c Content on computers & internet / Contenu en informatique et sur l'Internet
7d Localized software / Logiciels localisés
7e Other / Autre
8 Localisation resources / Ressources pour localisation
8a Individuals (experts) / Individuelles (experts)
8b Institutions / Institutions
8c On the internet / Sur la toile
