Aweer language
- '"Bon Language" redirects here. For the language spoken in Cameroon, see Bankon language.
| Aweer | |
|---|---|
| Boni | |
| Native to | Kenya |
| Region | Coast Province, North-Eastern Province |
| Ethnicity | Aweer |
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Native speakers
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7,600 (2009 census)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bob |
| Glottolog | awee1242[2] |
| Linguasphere | 14-GAF-a |
Aweer (Aweera), also known as Boni (Bon, Bonta), is a Cushitic language spoken in Kenya. Historically known in the literature by the derogatory term Boni, the Aweer people are foragers traditionally subsisting on hunting, gathering, and collecting honey. Their ancestral lands range along the Kenyan coast from the Lamu and Ijara Districts into Southern Somalia's Badaade District.[3]
According to Ethnologue, there are around 8,000 speakers of Aweer or Boni. Aweer has similarities with the Garre.[4][5][6] However, its speakers are physically and culturally distinct from the Aweer people.[7]
Evidence suggests that the Aweer/Boni are remnants of the early hunter-gatherer inhabitants of Eastern Africa. According to linguistic, anthropological and other data, these groups later came under the influence and adopted the Afro-Asiatic languages of the Eastern and Southern Cushitic peoples who moved into the area.[8]
References
- ↑ Aweer at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ A.H.J. Prins. 1960 Notes on the Boni, a Tribe of Hunters in Northern Kenya. Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research. Vol. 1 (3): 25-27; 1963 The Didemic Diarchic Boni. The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Vol. 93 (2): 174-85.
- ↑ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- ↑ Ethnologue - Garre language
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Ethnologue - Aweer language
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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