Markwet language

Markwet
Native toKenya
EthnicityMarakwet
Native speakers
180,000 (2009 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Endo (Northern)
  • Sambirir (Southern)
Language codes
ISO 639-3enb
Glottologmark1255

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.

  1. ^ Markwet at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)