Languages of Kenya

Dahalo is an endangered Cushitic language spoken by at most 400 Dahalo people on the coast of Kenya, near the mouth of the Tana River.

Oropom (Oworopom, Oyoropom, Oropoi) is an African language, possibly spurious and, if real, almost certainly extinct.

American Sign Language (ASL) is the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of anglophone Canada.

Somali /səˈmɑːli, soʊ-/ (Af-Soomaali [æf sɔːmɑːli]) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch.

The Nubi language (also called Ki-Nubi) is a Sudanese Arabic-based creole language spoken in Uganda around Bombo, and in Kenya around Kibera, by the descendants of Emin Pasha's Sudanese soldiers who were settled there by the British colonial administration.

Waata (Waat, Watha), or Sanye, is an Oromo language spoken by former hunter-gatherers in Kenya.

El Molo is a possibly extinct language belonging to the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.

The Luo dialect, Dholuo (pronounced [d̪ólúô]) or Nilotic Kavirondo (pejorative Colonial term), is the eponymous dialect of the Luo group of Nilotic languages, spoken by about 6 million Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania, who occupy parts of the eastern shore of Lake Victoria and areas to the south.

Maasai (Masai) or Maa (English pronunciation: /ˈmɑːsaɪ/; autonym: ɔl Maa) is an Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people, numbering about 800,000.

Rendille (also known as Rendile, Randile) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Rendille people inhabiting northern Kenya.

The Gusii language (also known as Kisii or Ekegusii) is a Bantu language spoken in the Kisii district in western Kenya, whose headquarters is Kisii town, (between the Kavirondo Gulf of Lake Victoria and the border with Tanzania).

Kuria is spoken by the Kuria peoples of Northern Tanzania, with some speakers also residing in Kenya.

Logoli (Logooli) is a Bantu language with several hundred thousand speakers in Kenya and a few hundred speakers in Mara Region, Tanzania.

Samburu is the Eastern Nilotic, North Maa language spoken by the Samburu in the highlands of northern Kenya.

Pökoot (also known as Pokot, Päkot, Pökot, and in older literature as Suk) is a language spoken in western Kenya and eastern Uganda by the Pokot people.

Kenyan Sign Language (English: KSL, Swahili: LAK) is a sign language used by the deaf community in Kenya.

Omotik is a moribund Nilotic language of Kenya.

Bajuni (Kibajuni), also known as Tikulu (Tikuu), is a variety of Swahili spoken by the Bajuni people who inhabit the tiny Bajuni Islands and coastal Kenya, in addition to parts of southern Somalia, where they constitute a minority ethnic group.

The Terik people are a Kalenjin group inhabiting parts of the Kakamega and Nandi Districts of western Kenya, numbering about 120,000 people.

Ilwana (Kiwilwana), or Malakote, is a minor Bantu language of Kenya.

Aweer (Aweera), also known as Boni (Bon, Bonta), is a Cushitic language spoken in Kenya.

Daasanach (also known as Dasenech, Daasanech, Dathanaik, Dathanaic, Dathanik, Dhaasanac, Gheleba, Geleba, Geleb, Gelebinya, Gallab, Galuba, Gelab, Gelubba, Dama, Marille, Merile, Merille, Morille, Reshiat, Russia) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Daasanach in Ethiopia, South Sudan and Kenya whose homeland is along the Lower Omo River and on the shores of Lake Turkana.

Kenyan English is a local dialect of the English language spoken by several communities and individuals in Kenya, and among some Kenyan expatriates in other countries.

Burji language (alternate names: Bembala, Bambala, Daashi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Burji people who reside in Ethiopia south of Lake Chamo.

Turkana /tɜːrˈkɑːnə/ is the language of the Turkana people of Kenya, numbering about 340,000.

Kipsigis (or Kipsikii, Kipsikiis) is part of the Kenyan Kalenjin dialect cluster, commonly called Nandi .

Orma is spoken by the Orma people in Kenya.

Tugen is the language spoken by the about 200,000 Tugen people of the broader Kalenjin group in Kenya.

Yaaku (also known as Mukogodo, Mogogodo, Mukoquodo, Siegu, Yaakua, Ndorobo) is an endangered Afroasiatic language spoken in Kenya.

Borana, or Southern Oromo, is a variety of Oromo spoken in Southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya by the Borana people.

The Nandi languages, or Kalenjin proper, are a dialect cluster of the Kalenjin branch of the Nilotic language family.

Idaxo, Isuxa, and Tiriki (Luidakho, Luisukha, Lutirichi) are mutually intelligible Kenyan dialects spoken by the Luhya people.

Samia (Saamia) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Uganda and Kenya.

Ogiek (also known as Okiek or Akiek; pronounced [oɡiɛk]) is a Southern Nilotic language cluster of the Kalenjin family spoken or once spoken by the Ogiek peoples, scattered groups of hunter-gatherers in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania.

Nyole (also Olunyole, Lunyole, Lunyore, Nyoole, Nyore, Olunyore) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people in Vihiga District, Kenya.

Digo (Chidigo) is a Bantu language spoken primarily along the East African coast between Mombasa and Tanga by the Digo people of Kenya and Tanzania.

Pokomo (Kipfokomo) is a Bantu language spoken primarily along the East African coast near Tana River in the Tana River District by the Pokomo people of Kenya.

The Suba language is the language of Kenya's Suba people.

Nandi (Naandi), also known as Cemual, is a Kalenjin language of Kenya.

Khayo (Xaayo) is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Kenya.

Marachi is a Bantu language spoken by the Luhya people of Kenya.

West Nyala (Nyala B) is a Bantu language of western Kenya, on the shores of Lake Victoria.

Sheng is a Swahili-based cant, perhaps a mixed language or creole, originating among the urban underclass of Nairobi, Kenya, and influenced by many of the languages spoken there.