Rendille | |
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Afi Renꞌdille | |
Native to | Kenya |
Region | Eastern Province |
Ethnicity | Rendille |
Native speakers | 96,000 (2019 census)[1] |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | rel |
Glottolog | rend1243 |
Rendille (also known as Rendile, Randile) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Rendille people inhabiting northern Kenya. It is part of the family's Cushitic branch.[2]
The Ariaal sub-group of the Rendille, who are of mixed Nilotic and Cushitic descent, speak the Nilo-Saharan Samburu language of the Samburu Nilotes near whom they live.[2][3]
Labial | Dental/ alveolar |
Retroflex | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n̪ | ɲ | ŋ | |||||
Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | t̪ | tɕ | k | (q) | ʔ | |||
voiced | b | d̪ | ɖ | dʑ | g | ||||
Fricative | f | s | x | ħ ~ ʕ | h | ||||
Lateral | l | ||||||||
Trill | r | ||||||||
Glide | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i iː | u uː | |
Mid | e eː | o oː | |
Open | a aː |