Ogiek language

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Ogiek
Okiek Akiek
Ogiek People
Native to	Kenya, Tanzania
Region	Kinare: Kinare, Kenya, on the eastern slope of the Rift Valley. Sogoo: Kenya, southern Mau forest between the Amala and Ewas Ng'iro rivers. Akiek: Tanzania, southern part of Arusha Region.
Ethnicity	Okiek, Akie
Native speakers	79,000 in Kenya (2009 census)[1] A few older speakers in Tanzania
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Eastern Sudanic Nilotic Southern Nilotic Kalenjin Okiek–Akie Ogiek
Dialects	Kinare (extinct) Sogoo (endangered) Akie (endangered)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	oki
Glottolog	okie1247  Okiek-Akie okie1245  Okiek
ELP	Okiek
Linguasphere	04-CAA-e

Ogiek (also Okiek and Akiek)^[2] is a Southern Nilotic language of the Kalenjin family spoken or once spoken by the Ogiek peoples, scattered groups of hunter-gatherers in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania. Most Ogiek speakers have assimilated to cultures of surrounding peoples: the Akie in northern Tanzania now speak Maasai and the Ogiek of Kinare, Kenya now speak Gikuyu. Ndorobo is a term considered derogatory, occasionally used to refer to various groups of hunter-gatherers in this area, including the Ogiek.