Nilotic · ISO 639-3 sgc
Kipsigis Language
Kipsigis is a Nilotic language spoken by about 1.9 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Kipsigis is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Kipsigis
Language family
- Nilotic
- Southern Nilotic
- Kalenjin
- Central Kalenjin
- Kipsigis
Writing system
Latin script
About the Kipsigis language
Kipsigis is spoken by about 1.9 million people, which makes it the 328th most spoken language in the world — just behind Nyamwezi (1.9 million) and ahead of Amdo Tibetan (1.8 million). It belongs to the Nilotic language family and, more precisely, to the Central Kalenjin group within the Kalenjin branch.
Where is Kipsigis spoken?
Kipsigis is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Kenya (1.9 million).
Kipsigis is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Kipsigis is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 sgc.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.