Country
Languages of Kenya
The Linguasphere Register records 8 entries for Kenya, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
8Register entries
4Sectors present
7Zones
0Language entries
0= AFRICA 1= AFRO-ASIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN
Register entries recorded in Kenya
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
04= | NILOTIC | Zone | Covers the "Nilotic" grouping (part of the "East-Sudanic" hypothesis within the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis). |
12= | SEMITIC | Zone | Covers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
14= | CUSHITIC | Zone | Covers the "Central & East Cushitic" grouping, within the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental affinity … |
15= | EYASIC | Zone | Covers the "South Cushitic" or "Paracushitic" grouping within the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
59= | INDIC | Zone | Covers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the … |
99= | BANTUIC | Zone | Covers the "broad Bantu", "narrow Bantu + Bantoid" or Isizulu + Tiv set (the central-southern section of "old … |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.