Okiek
Okiek is a Nilotic language spoken in Tanzania and Kenya. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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Ogiek (also Okiek and Akiek) is a Southern Nilotic language of the Kalenjin family spoken or once spoken by the Ogiek peoples, scattered groups of hunter-gatherers in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Most Ogiek speakers have assimilated to cultures of surrounding peoples: the Akie in northern Tanzania now speak Maasai and the Ogiek of Kinare, Kenya now speak Gikuyu. Ndorobo is a term considered derogatory, occasionally used to refer to various groups of hunter-gatherers in this area, including the Ogiek.
From Wikipedia · Ogiek language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Written down
Piik togol kosigotiik en katiagetapkei koguyet ak imandanyuwan koyuyosin togol kogigigochi ngomnotet ak koperuret en iyon konyolu koyochigei oteptop tupchondit.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Okiek
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Tito* | |
| name | piTon* | |
| eye | koNta* | |
| ear | it3t* | |
| nose | serut* | |
| tooth | kEtEt* | |
| tongue | NEliEpta* | |
| hand | Eut* | |
| blood | korotik* | |
| bone | kokuet* | |
| skin | muito* | |
| knee | kutuNto* | |
| breast | kinEt* | |
| liver | koyet* | |
| water | pEk* | |
| fire | mat* | |
| sun | asista* | |
| star | poltEt* | |
| stone | koita* | |
| mountain | Nuony* | |
| tree | ketit* | |
| dog | Nokto* | |
| fish | inTiriot* | |
| louse | isirEk* | |
| one | akENkE* | |
| two | oeN* | |
| drink | yE* | |
| die | kamE* | |
| new | ilel* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · okie1245 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · oki