Varieties
The Kenyan conception of Kalenjin includes Kipsigis and Terik but not Markweta, which is as closely related, and excludes several hunter-gatherer ("Dorobo") peoples who are not ethnically Kalenjin. The ethnic Kenyan Kalenjin are the Nandi proper (Cemual), Terik (Nyang'ori), Kipsigis, Keiyo, South Tugen (Tuken), and Cherangany. The varieties linguistically classified as Nandi in Ethnologue 16 (2009) are:
- Nandi–Markweta
- Kipsigis
- Terik
- Markweta
- Nandi
- Nandi (Cemual) (Kenya)
- Keiyo (Kenya)
- (North) Tugen (Kenya)
- Kisankasa ("Dorobo", Tanzania)
- Aramanik ("Dorobo", Tanzania)
- Mediak ("Dorobo", Tanzania)
- Mosiro ("Dorobo", Tanzania)
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