Endangered Languages Project - Sengwer

Sengwer

^{[aka Cherengany, Mei,]}

Classification: Nilotic

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Cherengany, Mei
CLASSIFICATION		Nilotic, Southern Nilotic
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		1iz
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Information from: “Endangered Languages Fund Abstract: "Working to Save Ogiek and Sengwer of Kenya"” . Cheruiyot Kiplangat (2003)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<6,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
<6,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"[The Sengwer] population was claimed to be up to 50,000 in the 20th century, but it has descended to below 6,000 persons."

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