Sabaot language explained

Sabaot
Nativename:Sebei
States:Kenya/Uganda
Region:Mount Elgon
Ethnicity:Sabaot people/Sebei people
Date:2009 census
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Eastern Sudanic
Fam3:Nilotic
Fam4:Southern Nilotic
Fam5:Kalenjin
Fam6:Elgon
Dia1:Bong’omeek (Bong’om)
Dia2:Koony (Kony)
Dia3:Book (Pok)
Dia4:Sapiiny (Sapiny)
Iso3:spy
Glotto:saba1262
Glottorefname:Sabaot

Sabaot (Sebei) is a Kalenjin language of Kenya. The Sabaot people live around Mount Elgon in both Kenya and Uganda. The hills of their homeland gradually rise from an elevation of 5,000 to 14,000 feet. The Kenya–Uganda border goes straight through the mountain-top, cutting the Sabaot homeland into two halves.[1]

Grammar

Typical of Nilotic languages, Sabaot uses advanced tongue root (ATR) to express some morphological operations:

DIR:directional

References

Sabaot SIDO Website:[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Sabaot of Kenya. 1991. Joshua Project. live. 2019-07-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20190701194819/https://joshuaproject.net/assets/media/profiles/text/t14623_ke.pdf.
  2. Web site: Home . sabaots.com.