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Rendille–Boni
Geographic
distribution		Kenya
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Subdivisions
Language codes
GlottologNone

The Rendille–Boni languages is a proposed subgroup of the Macro-Somali languages, belonging to the Cushitic family. The languages are spoken in Kenya. The hypothesis has been by now rejected, in favor of grouping Aweer as a member of the Somali languages, closely related to Garre.

Notes

  1. Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  2. Tosco, Mauro (1994). "The Historical Reconstruction of a Southern Somali Dialect: Proto-Karre-Boni". Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika. 15: 153–209.
Cushitic languages
Central
North
East
East
Highland
Sidamoid
Hadiyyaic–Kambaataic
Hadiyyaic
Kambaataic
Gedeo–Sidama
Lowland
Omo–Tana
Arboroid
Somaloid
Rendille–Boni
Somali languages/language
Digil
Others
Oromoid
Oromo
Central–East
Central
Eastern
Konsoid
Bussa–Dirasha
Dullay
Saho–Afar
Others
North
South
Rift
East
West
North
Iraqwoid
Others
Italics indicate extinct languages


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