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Rendille–Boni languages

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Rendille–Boni
Geographic
distribution
Kenya
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
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The Rendille–Boni languages is a proposed subgroup of the Macro-Somali languages, belonging to the Cushitic family. The languages are spoken in Kenya.[1] The hypothesis has been by now rejected, in favor of grouping Aweer as a member of the Somali languages, closely related to Garre.[2]

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  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.