Rendille language

Rendille language

language
name=Rendille
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Kenya
region=Eastern Province
speakers=32,000 (1994)
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Cushitic
fam3=East
fam4=Rendille-Boni
iso3=rel

Rendille (also known as Rendile, Randile) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Kenya. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=rel Ethnologue entry for Rendille]
* Antoinette Oomen. 1981. "Gender and Plurality in Rendille," "Afroasiatic Linguistics" 8:35-75.
* Steve Pillinger & Letiwa Galboran. 1999. "A Rendille Dictionary, Including a Grammatical Outline and an English-Rendille Index". Cushitic Language Studies Volume 14. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
* Ronald J. Sim. 1981. "Morphophonemics of the Verb in Rendille," "Afroasiatic Linguistics" 8:1-33.

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