Markwet language

Markwet
Markwet
Native to	Kenya
Ethnicity	Marakwet
Native speakers	180,000 (2009 census)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Southern Nilotic Kalenjin Nandi–Markweta Markwet; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Endo (Northern); Sambirir (Southern);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	enb
Glottolog	mark1255

Markwet (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. The unmarked word order is Verb–subject–object.

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