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One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost
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Severely Endangered

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50

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2008

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Tanzania, Kenya

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Various sources cited by Sommer (1992) suggest anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand speakers, and that, especially among the villages, younger people are more fluent in Maasai or Swahili than Akie.

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1992

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Arusha Region, Tanzania

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"Makami, Kibaya to Ruvu River... [and] the southern part of the Maasai Steppe, exact extent unknown, roughly (east) Handeni/Ruvu River across to around Makami, then somewhat further west, then south to somehwere south of Kibaya." (Roderic Hall Blackburn. n.d. East African Hunter-Gatherers: a survey. [Unpublished material.])

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"Makami, Kibaya to Ruvu River... [and] the southern part of the Maasai Steppe, exact extent unknown, roughly (east) Handeni/Ruvu River across to around Makami, then somewhat further west, then south to somehwere south of Kibaya." (Roderic Hall Blackburn. n.d. East African Hunter-Gatherers: a survey. [Unpublished material.])

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Maasai

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"Probably dying out, i.e. Akie is being replaced by Maasai (accompanied by the process of changing their subsistence base from hunting-gathering to agriculture)."

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"A small number"

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2007

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Kikuyu, Maasai

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"The so-called Akiek of Kinare in Kenya now speak Kikuyu as a first language; there may still be a few rememberers left."

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2010

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-1.0435,36.6006

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"Sie sebst benutzten die Sprache ihrer Eltern nicht mehr, konnten aber auf Verlangen ein Vokabular und einige Sätze aus der Erinnerung hervorholen."

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1982

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Tanzania

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Maasi, Kikuyu

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"Indem ich den Hinweisen von Lambert (1950) folgte, fand ich...einige Männer, die mit Kikuyu-Frauen verheiratet waren, in Kikuyu-Gemeinschaften lebten und generall als Kikuyu galten."

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<20,000

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2003

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"The minority languages of Kenya are under severe pressure from the influx of outsiders into traditional regions."

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42,000

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42,000 in Kenya (2006)

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2009

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Kenya; Tanzania;

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  1. Okiek Resource Tenure and Territoriality as Mechanisms for Social Control and Allocation of Resources
    Blackburn, R. H. 1986. "Okiek Resource Tenure and Territoriality As Mechanisms For Social Control and Allocation of Resources." In Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, 7 , no. 1: 61-82.
  2. Forging unions and negotiating ambivalence: personhood and complex agency in Okiek marriage arrangement
    Kratz, Corinne. 2000. "Forging Unions and Negotiating Ambivalence: Personhood and Complex Agency in Okiek Marriage Arrangement." In African philosophy as cultural inquiry, edited by Ivan Karp and Dismas A. Masolo. Indiana Univ. Press.
  3. Okiek portraits: representation, mediation, and interpretation in a photographic exhibition
    Kratz, Corinne. 1996. "Okiek Portraits: Representation, Mediation, and Interpretation in a Photographic Exhibition." In Cahiers d’études africaines, 36 , no. 141/142: 51-79.
  4. Are the Okiek really Maasai? Or Kipsigis?
    Kratz, Corinne. 1980. "Are the Okiek Really Maasai? Or Kipsigis?" In Cahiers d’études africaines, 20 , no. 79: 355-368.
  5. Okiek of Kenya
    Roderic H. Blackburn. 1993. "Okiek of Kenya." In State of the Peoples: A Global Human Rights Report on Societies in Danger, edited by Marc S. Miller. Beacon Press.
  6. Ethnic Interaction, Economic Diversification and Language Use: A Report on Research with Kaplelach and Kipchornwonek Okiek
    Kratz, Corinne A. 1986. "Ethnic Interaction, Economic Diversification and Language Use: A Report On Research with Kaplelach and Kipchornwonek Okiek." In Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika, 7 , no. 2: 189-226.
  7. Affecting Performance: Meaning, Movement, and Experience in Okiek Women's Initiation
    Kratz, Corinne A. 1994. "Affecting Performance: Meaning, Movement, and Experience in Okiek Women's Initiation." Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  8. Modern Hunters: Some Account of the Kamelilo-Kapchepkendi Dorobo (Okiek) of Kenya Colony
    Huntingford, G. W. B. 1929. "Modern Hunters: Some Account of the Kamelilo-Kapchepkendi Dorobo (Okiek) of Kenya Colony." In Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 59: 333-378.
  9. The Sirikwa and the Okiek in the history of the Kenya Highlands
    Sutton, John E.G. 1994. "The Sirikwa and the Okiek in the History of the Kenya Highlands." In Kenya Past and Present, 26: 35-40.
  10. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  11. Die südnilotischen Sprachen: Beschreibung, Vergleichung und Rekonstruktion
    Rottland, Franz. 1982. "Die Südnilotischen Sprachen: Beschreibung, Vergleichung Und Rekonstruktion." 563. Dietrich Reimer Verlag.
  12. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  13. A survey on language death in Africa
    Gabriele Sommer. 1992. "A Survey On Language Death in Africa." In Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 402. Mouton de Gruyter.
  14. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  15. Africa
    Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.
  16. One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost
    Austin, Peter. 2008. "One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost." University of California.
  17. ELF Grant Abstract: Working to Save Ogiek and Sengwer of Kenya
    Kiplangat, Cheruiyot. 2003. "ELF Grant Abstract: Working To Save Ogiek and Sengwer of Kenya." Online: http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/ll_projects_2003.php.
    http://www.endangeredlanguagefund.org/ll_projects_2003.php