Kalenjin people

Kalenjin
Biikap Kuutiit ('Speech community'), Miot
Total population
	6,641,952
Regions with significant populations
Kenya	6,358,113
Uganda	273,839
Tanzania	10,000
Languages
	Kalenjin languages: Pokot, Kupsabiny, Nandi, Markwet, Elgeyo, Terik, Sabaot, Lembus, Ogiek, Tugen and Kipsigis;
Religion
	Christianity, Kalenjin Mythology
Related ethnic groups
	Daasanach people, Datooga people and Omotik people

The Kalenjin is a group of tribes indigenous to East Africa, residing mainly in what was formerly the Rift Valley Province in Kenya and the eastern slopes of Mount Elgon in Uganda. They number 6,358,113 individuals per the Kenyan 2019 census and an estimated 273,839 in Uganda according to the 2014 census mainly in Kapchorwa, Kween and Bukwo districts.^[3]

The Kalenjin have been divided into 11 culturally and linguistically related tribes: Kipsigis (1.9 million), Nandi (937,000), Pokots (778,000), Sebei (350,000), Sabaot (296,000), Keiyo (451,000), Tugen (197,556), Cherengany 8,323, Marakwet (119,000), Ogiek (52,000), Terik (323,230), Lembus (71,600) and Sengwer (10,800).^[4] The Kalenjin speak the Kipsigis languages but can also be inclusive of Akie language in Tanzania and Pokot language spoken in Kenya; all being classified collectively as Kalenjin Language; while in combination with Datooga languages of Tanzania, this cluster is called Southern Nilotic languages.^[5] The Kalenjin language, along with the languages of the Datooga people of Tanzania, the Maasai, Luo, Turkana, Nuer, Dinka among others are classified as Nilotic languages.

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^ Uganda Bureau of Statistics. "National Population and Housing Census 2014 - Main Report" (PDF).
^ Uganda Bureau of Statistics. "National Population and Housing Census 2014 - Main Report" (PDF).
^ "Kalenjin – Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major holidays, Rites of passage". everyculture.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
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[2] Uganda Bureau of Statistics. "National Population and Housing Census 2014 - Main Report" (PDF).

[3] Uganda Bureau of Statistics. "National Population and Housing Census 2014 - Main Report" (PDF).

[4] "Kalenjin – Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major holidays, Rites of passage". everyculture.com. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

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