This document summarizes previous research on the morpho-syntactic differences among the Kalenjin dialects of Kipsigis, Tugen, and Pokot spoken in Kenya. Several scholars have noted that while the dialects are generally mutually intelligible, Pokot appears to be the most distinct. However, these analyses lacked linguistic evidence of the differences. The present study aims to establish the extent of morpho-syntactic differences between Pokot and Tugen and Kipsigis by comparing their structures using cognate analysis methods. The goal is to provide linguistic evidence for how Pokot may differ from other Kalenjin dialects.
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The morpho syntactic differences among kalenjin dialects an analysis of kipsigis, tugen and pokot
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The Morpho-syntactic Differences among Kalenjin Dialects: An
syntactic
Analysis of Kipsigis, Tugen and Pokot
Kamuren Francisca (Corresponding Author)1
Franciscar Bartoo Phylis2
1.Department of Language and Literature Education, Masinde MuliroUniversity P.o Box 190 Kakamega, Kenya.
Department
Tel: +254
+254-722773620 E-mail kobilous@yahoo.com
2.Department English and Lingustics, Egerton University P.o Box 536 Egerton, Njoro, Kenya.
Department Box
Tel: +254
+254-721768153 E-mail phylisbartoo@yahoo.com
Abstract
Kalenjin is a language spoken primarily in Kenya. A majority of the Kalenjin speakers inhabit the Rift Valley
region in Kenya. Scholars who have done research in Kalenjin somehow agree that Kalenjin dialects are not
nya.
uniform in as far as the linguistic structure and intelligibility is concerned. This study aims at establishing the
extent to which Pokot morpho-syntactic structure is different from those of other Kalenjin dialects by comparing it
syntactic structure
with Tugen. The study randomly selected 90 subjects. The data was collected using language tests which were
answered orally and tape-recorded for further analysis. The results were analyzed, interpreted and described by
recorded analyzed,
using cognate percentages, spread cognate percentages and the inspection method. The findings of this study make
an important addition to the information on Kalenjin. It is also useful for those interested in Kalenjin tra
translations.
Key words: Kalenjin, Morphosyntax, structure, lexicostatistics, morpheme, cognate
:
1.0 Introduction
Comparative studies form an important part of linguistics and improve our understanding of languages (dialects)
in the world. There are two types of linguistic comparison, the historically oriented comparison and the
typological comparison, Robin (1980). The historically oriented comparison is also termed as comparative
historical linguistics. The typological comparison involves the comparison of features of different languages
features
and dialects with a view to establishing any linguistic ties or point out and explain differences that are there.
This study is a typological comparison between the Pokot dialect and two other Kalenjin language dialects,
Kipsigis and Tugen. The study was aimed at examining the lexical structures in order to establish the extent of
gis
similarities and differences between the Pokot and the two selected dialects.
This research was geared towards establishing the extent to which Pokot is different from other Kalenjin
dialects on the basis of their morphosyntactic structure. According to Towett (1979), there are six Kalenjin
dialects viz: Kipsigis, Nandi + Terik, Keiyo + Marakwet, Tugen, Sebeei and Pokot. Ogot (1976) gives eight
dialects viz: Kipsigis, Nandi, terik, Elgeiyo, Tugen, Marakwet, Kong and Sebeei. Ogot (1976), Towett (1979)
and Mohline and Heine, (1980) share the view that Pokot is different from the other dialects, although they do
not provide any linguistic evidence. This study establishes the extent of these differences by comparing the
morphosyntactic structure of Pokot versus those of Tugen and Kipsigis.
About the term Kalenjin, Tucker and Bryan (1964) say that the term is a cover term which means “I tell you”
,
and was adopted by speakers as self designating expression during the late forties and fifties and the term is now
self-designating
in general use in Kenya. Rottland (1978) and Tapsubei and Creider (2001) share this view. The name has since
been taken over in the field of African Linguistics as a useful label to cover an entire language group. The
f
dialects under study fall under the Kalenjin group.
Various scholars have carried out research based on the Kalenjin dialects. Ochieng (1975) describes the
emergence and the spread of the Kalenjin tribes. He gives a detailed description of the spread and the activities
e
of each of the Kalenjin groups. He argues that the origin of the Kalenjins is within Kenya and not outside as
argued by other scholars. Ogot (1976) gives the Kalenjin dialects, which he calls tribes as, Kipsigis, Nandi, Terik,
the
Elgeiyo, Tugen, Marakwet, Kony and Sebei. He points out that the Kalenjin spectrum of dialects though just
about mutually intelligible district by district are not uniform. Ogot groups these dialects into three main
groups
“dialect clusters”. He names them as Pokot, Elgon and Southern Kalenjin dialects, which include Marakwet,
Tugen, Nyangori (Terik) Elgeiyo and Kipsigis. He points out that Pokot tends to be different. He does not
give any linguistic explanation neither does he point out the level at which it’s different. The present study
examined the morpho-syntactic structure of Pokot and those of Tugen and Kipsigis in order to establish if there
syntactic
are any significant differences in Pokot structures that make it outstandingly different as pointed out by other
scholars, thus giving an explanation by pointing out which linguistic aspects the Pokot dialect may be differing
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from other Kalenjin dialects therefore filling the gap in knowledge left by the above mentioned scholars.
left
As important points of contact between the various Kalenjin dialects, Otterloo (1979) mentions: Endo
Marakwet-East Pokot, Keiyo-North Tugen, Cherangany with Keiyo, Endo M. and Talai M. living in Cherangany,
North
Terik-Nandi (Terik living among Nandi) and Endo marakwet Talai Marakwet (market). In his study of the
di marakwet-Talai
Kalenjin dialects, Otterloo(1979) looked at linguistic similarities and differences between all the Kalenjin
dialects with an aim of establishing an appropriate dialect for orthography. He also touches on the language
dialect
policy in Kenya at that time (1979). He used the Kalenjin union Bible for comparison. He noted that Pokot is
different from other Kalenjin dialects and that they do not understand the scripture well. He went further to say
well.
that Nandi, Kipsigis, Keiyo, Tugen and Terik enjoy a high degree of understanding, they also understand the
scripture well because the Kalenjin scripture is translated to a dialect (Nandi + Kipsigis) from which greatly
resembles these dialects. He points out that Pokot’s relative position is very far from that of mainland Kalenjin
hese
and that it is very distinct and it needed its own literature. This work is largely generalized and lacks details of
individual dialects; a lot of detail was left out because the study was urgently needed for use in some parts of the
il
Rift Valley. This study diverges from Otterloo’s in the sense that it gives a detailed analysis of the
morpho-syntactic structures of Pokot, Kipsigis and Tugen by applying the inspection method, the cognate
syntactic
percentage and spread cognate percentage methods which Otterloo does not use in his study. Nevertheless,
both studies are comparative.
Toweett (1976) further covers the main areas of the Kalenjin language. He describes the phonological,
lexical, morphological and the syntactic aspects of the language. His work is thus basically descriptive.
Toweett gives a list of the Kalenjin dialects in order of their numerical strength as: Kipsigis, Nandi + Terik,Keiyo
+ Marakwet,Tugen, Sebeei, Pokot. He describes the Pokot as the least Kalenjin basing his argument on the
ugen,
observations made during his study.
Rottland (1982); the study had an aim similar to that of Otterloo. In most cases results similar to those of
Otterloo were found. However in some instances, the results indicated minimal or major diversities. He
ound.
concluded that development of a separate literature for the Pokot was the only option. He further suggested that
Akiek is far removed from Kalenjin dialects and if the dialect was still vital, a separate literature was the only
the
option.
Baroja-et al. (1989) is possibly the most comprehensive work on Pokot grammar. The work is complete
et
with Phonology, Morphology and Syntax of the dialect. They point out that the verb of the dialect presents
many variations and thus appear complicated. In their study they did an analysis of the Pokot grammar, the
work explains the structures of the dialect, its characteristics and its forms. He observes that the Pokot is
grouped under Kalenjin and linguistically there are three main groups: Nandi, the Sebei and Pokot, he points
out that the Pokot dialect is the most complicated of them all; they argue that it is easier for a Pokot to
understand Nandi than a Nandi to understand Pokot, not to mention speaking it. They point out regional
variations: East Pokot (Kaa Tiyatiy) Psikor area (Kaa Cheptulei) the area around Cheparerya (Kaa Cheripko) the
area around Kunyao (Kaa Sawrya). They however say that the dialect has great homogeneity re regardless of the
region in which the speaker comes from. This work acted as a point of reference especially as far as Pokot was
concerned.
It has been observed by Ogot (1976), Towett (1979), Mohline and Heine (1980) that Pokot is different from
other Kalenjin dialects. Asked what language they would use to address speakers of other Kalenjin dialects, the
njin
Kipsigis interviewed responded as indicated in table 1(cf table 1). Mohline and Heine’s (1980) data shown in
the table was used to illustrate the extent of mutual intelligibility between the Kalenjin dialects. It is easy to see
extent
at a glance that many speakers prefer to use Swahili while speaking to a Pokot although other intervening
variables may have led to the varied interaction indicated. Only 15% of Kalenjin was spoken between Kipsigis
and Pokot speakers while 76% Kiswahili was used. The concern of this study was thus to investigate the
differences between the morpho-syntactic structure of Pokot and the two other dialects of Kalenjin. i.e. Kipsigis
syntactic
and Tugen.
2.0 Methodology
This research drew a sample from the dialect groups viz: Kipsigis, Tugen and Pokot which included both males
and females of age thirty and above. The study used 55 word phrases. The researchers employed both random
word-phrases.
and stratified sampling procedures to select the sample from the stated population. The subjects were selected
ed
from three regional settlements of the speakers of the dialects under analysis, namely, Bomett, Koibatek and
West Pokot districts. Thirty (30) subjects were selected from each of the three dialects, of these thirty, fifteen
were
were male and fifteen were female. Of these fifteen males and females, five were of different ages, that is 30 –
40, 41 – 50 and 51 and above. The sample size thus was ninety subjects. Data collection was by the use of
language performance tests specially designed, pilot tested and adjusted to suit the contextual realities in the
pilot-tested
field. Performances were tape recorded in order to capture detail for later retrieval and analysis. The
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administration of the language tests and the tape recording was conducted by the researcher with the assistance
ministration
of informants. The literate respondents were furnished with the language performance tests and for the illiterate
respondents, the tests were orally administered. The data from the audio cassettes was replayed and transcribed
lly
in phonemic form.
3.0 Morphosyntactic Analysis
Below are the phrases and statements used in morpho syntactic analysis. The order of the phrases and
morpho-syntactic
statements according to the dialects is as follows:
he
(a) Kipsigis abbreviated as K
(b) Tugen abbreviated as T
(c) Pokot abbreviated as P
The morphemes that were compared are underlined.
3.1 Adjectival concord
In this section, we looked for those morphemes that mark number i.e. those morphemes that indicate singular
those
and plural and at the same time echo the class of the noun. This can be illustrated using phrases (A) 1 and (B) 1
below:
K: / la:kwet ne miŋin /
T: / la:kwe ne miŋin /
P: / moniŋ o muŋun
The root words in the above examples are / la:k /, / la:k / and / mon / consecutively, the Prefixes – wet –we
and –iŋ show that the child is one. While in (B) 1, the addition of the prefixes –o:k, -o:k in both Kipsigis and
o:k
Tugen indicate that the noun is plural. As mentioned earlier in this study, relative markers play an important
role in the marking for singular and plural in Kalenjin; in (B)1 of the Pokot, the prefix does not change in the
plural but the relative marker changes from / no / to / t∫o / thus indicating that the noun is plural rather than
he
singular. However in the present study the researchers compared morphemes thus in the judgment of cognacy
in the next section (c.f. cognacy in morphemes), Pokot will be considered as non cognate as far as this phrase is
non-cognate
concerned.
The adjective also changes when the noun changes in number, therefore / miŋin / in Kipsigis and / miŋin /
in Tugen change to / meŋket∫ / and / munuŋ / to / muŋket∫ / in Pokot.
∫
(A) Singular
1. Small child: (a) / la:kwet ne miŋin /
(b) / la:kwe ne miniŋ /
(c) / moniŋ o munuŋ /
2. Small house: (a) / kot ne miŋin /
(b) / kot ne miniŋ /
(c) / ko o munun /
3. Small tree: (a) / ke:tit ne miŋin /
(b) / ke:tit ne miniŋ /
(c) / ket: o munuŋ /
4. Small animal: (a) / tioŋ ne miŋin /
(b) / tioŋ ne miniŋ /
(c) / tioŋ o munuŋ /
5. Small pot: (a) / tere:t ne miŋin /
(b) / tere: ne miniŋ /
(c) / tor: o munuŋ /
(B) Plural
1. Small children: (a) / la:ko:k t∫e meŋket∫ /
(b) / la:ko:k t∫e meŋket∫ /
(c) / monuŋ t∫o muŋket /
2. Small houses: (a) / korik t∫e meŋket∫ /
(b) / korik t∫e meŋket∫ /
(c) / korin t∫o muŋket∫ /
3. Small trees: (a) / ke:tik t∫e meŋket∫ /
(b) / ke:tik t∫e meŋket∫ /
(c) / ket t∫o muŋket∫ /
4. Small animals: (a) / tioŋi:k t∫e meŋket∫ /
(b) / tioŋi:k t∫e meŋket∫ /
(c) / t∫oŋin t∫o muŋket∫ /
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5. Small pots: (a) / tere:nik t∫e meŋket∫ /
(b) / tere:nik t∫e meŋket∫ /
(c) /toren t∫o meŋket∫ /
3.2 Verb Conjugation
As far as verb conjugation is concerned, the researchers looked at those affixes that show number and tense, i.e.
rb
those affixes that conjugate the verb in terms of tense and number. In this case, where the noun is singular, the
affix on the verb that marks tense and number should be singular and vice verse. Therefore the morphemes
underlined in this section are those morphemes affixed to the verb that mark tense and number in the verb and
those morphemes that mark number on the noun. In a statement, for example (C) 1, the morpheme {-e} which
,
is prefixed to the verbal root / lul / (fall), indicates number which in this case is singular and tense. The
addition of the prefix changes the verb from fall to falling which is / lule / in Kipsigis and Tugen, Pokot is
slightly different because other than the morpheme –e, / mi / is also a marker for tense (continuous). –e is
y ,
equivalent to the ‘-ing’ morpheme in English. Statement (C) 6 is the plural version of (C) 1 where {-tos} is a
tense marker similar to {-ing} in English and at the same time it marks for plural so it indicates that the noun is
in plural so / lultos / in Kipsigis and Tugen is equivalent to ‘are falling in English’. In Pokot the morpheme is
ku- and it plays the same role as –tos.tos.
(C) 1. The old house is falling
/ (a) lule kot ne jos /
/ (b) lule kot ne jos /
/ (c) mi kurule kajai pojos /
2. The old king is coming
(a) / none laitoria:t ne jos /
(b) / noni laitoria:nte ne jos /
(b) / nonei amerikwonon ki joist /
3. The clever girl is playing
rl
(a) / ure:reni t∫epto ne ŋo:m /
(b) / ure:reni t∫epto ne ŋo:men /
(c) / mi kpirono t∫epto no t∫rer /
4. The beautiful dress is burning
(a) / kerera:t iŋkorie ne kara:ran /
(b) / kerera:t iŋkorie ne kara:ran /
(c) / kipat∫apat∫a anaŋanai karam /
5. The new pot is broken
(a) / jejat tere:t ne le:l /
(b) / kije tere: ne le:l /
(c) / kima teronai re:l /
6. The old houses are burning
(a) / lultos korik t∫e jose:n /
(b) / lultos korik t∫e jose:n /
(c) / kut∫ondoi kori t∫a pujo∫a /
7. The old kings are coming
(a) / pwane laitorinik t∫e jose:n /
(b) / pwoni laitorinik t∫e jose:n /
(c) / amerikwo tinnet∫a poj pkomo /
8. The clever girls are playing
(a) / ure:rentos tipik t∫e ŋo:
ŋo:men
(b) / ure:rentos tipik t∫e ŋo:men /
(c) / mi kpironoi tipin t∫o t∫rerot∫ /
9. The beautiful dresses are torn
(a) / kereroti:n iŋkoroi:k t∫e kororo:n /
(b) / kereroti:n iŋkoroi:k t∫e kororo:n /
(c) / kipoki∫e anaŋkoi t∫o karamat∫ /
10. The new pots are broken
(a) / jejoti:n tere:ni:k t∫e le:la:t∫ /
(b) / jejoti:n tere:ni:k t∫e le:la:t∫ /
(c) / kimego toronit∫ai karamat∫ /
While statements 1 to 10 are in the present tense, statements 11 to 20 are in the past tense. K
Kalenjin marks the
past in three different ways, this can best be explained by using the following sentences.
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(1) the tree burned (today) / kalal ketit /
(2) the tree burned (yesterday) / kolal ketit /
(3) the tree burned (long ago)
ned / kilal ketit /
From the sentences above it can be observed that different morphemes are used to mark the different times
the action took place in the past. In these statements the subjects were asked to use the ‘long ago’ tense, which
in all the dialects is {‘ki-‘}.
11. The old house fell
(a) / kilul kat ne jos /
(b) / kilul kat ne jos /
(c) / kit∫ondoi kori t∫o pujo∫a /
12. The tall tree burned
(a) / kilal ke:tit ne koi /
(b) / kilal ke:tit ne koi /
(c) / kinag ke:t o kog /
13. The old king came
(a) / kino laitoriat ne jos /
(b) / kino laitoriante ne yos /
(c) / kino amerikwo ηo pujo∫a /
14. The beautiful dresses got burned
(a) / kikerer iŋkoriet ne kara:ran /
(b) / kikerer iŋkorie ne kara:ran /
ŋkorie
(c) / kipakile anaŋka o karam /
15. The new pot broke
(a) / kije tere:t ne le:l /
(b) / kije tere: ne le:l /
(c) / kima tor o kire:l /
16. The old house burned
(a) / kilal kot ne jos /
(b) / kilal kot ne jos /
(c) / kinog ko o pujo∫a /
17. The old houses fell
(a) / kiluljo kori:k t∫e jose:n /
(b) / kiluljo kori:k t∫e jose:n /
(c) / kiruljo korin t∫o pujo∫a /
18. The clever girls played
(a) / kiurere:nso tipik t∫e ŋo:men
ŋo:men/
(b) / kiurere:nio tipik t∫e ŋo:men /
(c) / kipirono tipin t∫o kit∫rerot∫ /
19. The beautiful dresses got burned
(a) / kikereris iŋkoroi:k t∫e koro:ron /
(b) / kikereris iŋkoroi:k t∫e koro:ron /
(c) / kipokile anaŋkai t∫o karamat∫ /
3.3 Pronouns
Pronouns serve the purpose of being noun substitutes in Kalenjin just as they do in English. The persons,
whom they substitute, like in English, are six: I, you, (sing) he/she, we, you (pl.) and they. These pronouns also
have their objective cases like in English. The subjective pronouns are prefixed to the verbal stem in both
e
Kipsigis and Tugen. However in Pokot they are sufficed to the verb but ‘he’ and ‘they’ are prefixed to it (the
verb).
In the three dialects, the third person ‘he’ and ‘they’ subjective case is realized in the affix marking tense
and
unlike other pronouns which are separate from the tense marking morpheme. In statement 5 and 6 below, the
prefix {‘ki’} marks both tense and the pronoun ‘he’ and ‘they’ consecutively.
The three dialects do not differentiate between ‘she’ and ‘he’, so to make the difference, names for either
hree
male or female are used. The pronouns are also used if the person had been mentioned earlier and thus the
speakers have someone specific in mind. The objective pronouns are prefixed to the verbal stem as illustrated by
objective
the underlined morphemes.
1. I went to the river
(a) / kiowe oinet /
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(b) /kiowe oine /
(c) / kowan lalwa /
2. We went to the river
(a) / kikipe oinet /
(b) / kikipe oine /
(c) / kikpet∫a lalwa /
3. You (sing) went to the river
(a) / ki:we oinet /
(b) / ki:we oine /
(c) / kiwe i lalwa /
4. You (PI) went to the river
(a) / kiope oinet /
(b) / kiope oinet /
(c) / kiapakwe lalwe /
5 He went to the river
(a) / kiwo oinet /
(b) / kiwo oinet /
(c) / kiwo lalwa /
6. They went to the river
(a) / kipa oinet /
(b) / kipa oinet /
(c) / kipa lalwa /
7. He saw me
(a) / kikeron /
(b) / kikeron /
(c) / kisuwet∫an /
8. Cheptoo saw us
(a) / kikeret∫ Cheptoo /
(b) / kikeret∫ Cheptoo /
(c) / kisuwet∫at∫a /
9. He told us you (sing) to go
(a) / kile t∫in iwe /
(b) / kile t∫in iwe /
(c) / kimwou i lo ujo /
10. He told you (pl) to go.
(a) / kilent∫ok ope /
(b) / kilent∫ok ope /
(c) / kilent∫akwa apa /
3.4 Possessives
The underlined morphemes below are possessive morphemes. In the three dialects possessives are made
with the addition of suffixes to the stem of the noun. Therefore in statement (E) 1 below the following
morphemes are equivalent to the possessive pronoun ‘my’ in English.
uivalent
K: - u
T: - u
P: - an
These possessive pronouns change to plural when the nouns they are suffixed to change from singular to
plural. The possessive morphemes above changed t the suffixes in (E) 6. Thus
to
K: -t∫u:k
t∫u:k
T: -t∫u:k
t∫u:k
P: -t∫an
E). 1. My dress is drying
(a) / soe iŋkorie: u/
(b) / jomei iŋkorie: u /
(b) / mi joemi sire an /
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2. His dog is dead
(a) / kime ŋokta i/
(b) / kime sese i/
(c) / kima kukido e/
3. Your cat is sleeping
(a) / rue pakeŋu:ŋ /
(b) / ruei pusiŋu:ŋ /
(c) / kuruwe t∫epusi an /
4. Our house is burning
(a) / lole ko on /
(b) / lole ko o /
(c) / negoi kont∫a /
5. Their cow is grazing
(a) / oketi tataŋwa:ŋ /
(b) / oketi tetaŋwa:n /
(c) / oketi tetaŋwa /
6. My dresses are drying
(a) / saitos iŋkoroi:kt∫u:k /
(b) / jamtos iŋkoro:inkt∫u:k /
(c) / mi suruket∫an kujomo /
7. His dogs are dead
(a) / kime:jo ŋokikt∫i:k /
(b) / kime:jo sesenikt∫i:k /
(c) / kimego kukinedet∫i /
8. Your (sing) cats are sleeping
(a) / ruitos pakono:ku:k /
(b) / ruitos pusiniku:k /
(c) / rujo∫epunit∫iku /
9. Our houses are burning
(a) / loltos kori:kt∫ok /
(b) / loltos kori:kt∫ok /
(c) / nogjo korit∫a /
10. Their cows are sick
(a) / miontos tukwa:k /
(b) / miontos tukwa:k /
(c) / toŋunote tukawa /
3.5 The Demonstrative
Like possessives, the demonstratives are formed by the addition of suffixes to the stem of the noun. The
underlined in the statements below are demonstrative pronouns suffixed to the noun.
w
F). 1. That pot is new
(a) / Le:l tero:nono /
(b) / Le:l tero:no /
(c) / rel tero:no /
2. This pot is new
(a) / le:l tere:ni /
(b) / le:l tero:ni /
(c) / le:l teroni /
3. Those pots are new
(a) / le:lat∫ tere:nit∫u:n /
(b) / le:lat∫ tere:nit∫u:n /
(c) / relat∫ tore:nit∫i:no /
4. These pots are new
(a) / le:lat∫ tere:nit∫u /
(b) / le:lat∫ tere:nit∫u /
(c) / le:lat∫ toreni:t∫u /
5. That (yonder) are new
(a) / le:l teroni:n /
(b) / le:l teroni:n /
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(c) / re:l teroni:nana /
3.6 Cognacy in the Morphemes
The list below indicates which morphemes are considered to be cognates and which ones are not. All the
statements elicited were considered. From the concordial morphemes below we calculated the cognate
concordial
percentages from which we drew conclusions about the relationships of Pokot with the dialects
morpho-syntactically as well as drawing general conclusions.
syntactically
COGNACY
Pokot Kipsigis Tugen P/K P/T K/T
3.6.1 Adjectives
1. -iŋ -wet -we - - x
2. - -t -t - - x
3. - -it -it - - x
4. tioŋ tioŋ tioŋ x x x
5 - -et -e - - x
6. -iŋ -ok -ok - - x
7. -rin -rin -rin - - x
8. - -ik -ik - - x
9. -in -ik -ik - - x
10. -en nik nik - - x
3.6.2 Verb Conjugation
1. mi- e e - - x
2. -ei -e -i x x x
3. mi- -i -i - - x
4. -ki -at -at - - x
5. -ki -jat -ki - x -
6. -ku -tos -tos - - x
7. - -ni -ni - - x
8. - -tos -tos - - x
9. mi- -tin -tin - - x
10. ki- -tin -tin - - x
11. ki- ki- ki- x x x
12. ki- ki- ki- x x x
13. ki- ki- ki- x x x
14. ki- ki- ki- x x x
15. ki- ki- ki- x x x
16. ki- ki- ki- x x x
17. ki- ki- ki- x x x
18. ki- ki- ki- x x x
19. ki- ki- ki- x x x
20. ki- ki- ki- x x x
3.6.3 Pronouns
1. -o- -o- -an - - x
2. -ki- -ki- -t∫a - - x
3. -i- -i- - i - - x
4. -o- -o- -kwe - - x
5. ki- ki- ki- x x x
6. ki- ki- ki- x x x
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7. -on -on -t∫an - - x
8. -et∫ -et∫ -at∫a - - x
9. -in -in - i - - x
10. -ok -ok -kwa - - x
3.6.4 Possessives
1. - u - u - an - - x
2. - i - i - e x x x
3. -ŋuŋ -ŋuŋ - an - x
4 - o - o - t∫a - x
5. -ŋwaŋ -ŋwaŋ -ŋwa x x x
6. -t∫uk -t∫uk -t∫an - - x
7. -t∫ik - t∫ik - t∫I x x x
8. -kuk -kuk -ku x x x
9. - t∫ok - t∫ok - t∫a - - x
10. -wak -wak -wa x x x
3.6.5 The Demonstrative
1. -no -no -no x x x
2. -ni -ni -ni x x x
3. -t∫ino - t∫un - t∫un - - x
4. - t∫u - t∫u -t∫u x x x
5. -nin -nin -ninana - - x
3.7 Concordial morphemes Cognate Percentages
To establish the degree of correspondence in the morphosyntactic structures of Pokot versus those of Tugen
and Kipsigis, we compared the cognate percentages of the concordial morphemes i.e. those morphemes that are
cognates as a percentage of the total number of the phrases and statements are compared. The formula used
was successfully applied by Ingonga (1991) and Persson (1979).
Kipsigis and Pokot
Total number of statements -55
Cognate concordial morphemes -22
Cognate percentage = number of cognate morphemes x 100
Number of statements
= x 100
= 40%
Tugen and Pokot
Total number of statements -55
Number of concordial morphemes -22
Cognate percentage = number of cognate morphemes x 100
Number of statements
= x 100
= 41.8
= 42%
Kipsigis and Tugen
Total number of statements -55
Number of concordial morphemes -54
Cognate percentage = number of cognate morphemes x 100
Number of statements
= x 100
= 98%
4.0 Discussions
From the percentages above, it can be observed that Pokot morpho syntactic structure is different from
morpho-syntactic
those of Kipsigis and Tugen. Between Kipsigis and Pokot, the correspondence of the concordial morphemes is
ween
only 40%, which implies that 60% do not correspond thus different. While between Tugen and Pokot, the
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correspondence of the morphemes is 42% therefore 58% of the morphemes do not correspond. The percentage
correspond.
of correspondence in both cases is below average.
The study found out that Pokot morpho syntactic structure is different from those of Kipsigis and Tugen. The
morpho-syntactic
sentence structure of Pokot and that of Kipsigis is similar: V
V-N-ADJ. However the concordial morphemes which
.
were the interest of this study demonstrated a big difference. The correspondence between Pokot and Kipsigis
morphemes was low, out of 55 statements; only 22 were cognates giving a 40% cognate percentage implying
that they are 60% different. The Pokot morpho syntactic structure is significantly different from that of
hat morpho-syntactic
Kipsigis and Tugen.
5.0 Conclusion
The morpho-syntactic structure of Pokot is 42% similar to that of Tugen and 58% different. Only 23
syntactic
morphemes correspond out of 55 morphemes examined. The morpho syntactic structure is significantly different
espond morpho-syntactic
from that of Tugen. Although there are similarities between Pokot and Tugen morpho syntactic structures, these
morpho-syntactic
similarities are to a very small extent. The differences override these similarities. Going by the figures
differences
arrived at above, it can be said that the Tugen morpho syntactic structure is closer to that of Pokot than
morpho-syntactic
Kipsigis is to Pokot. This can be attributed to Geographical barriers and changes. It is clear that the
morpho-syntactic structure of Pokot is significantly different from that of Kipsigis and Pokot and it can there be
syntactic
generalized that it is different from the other Kalenjin dialects. In fact it should be classified as an independent
language.
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Pokot 15% 76% 9%
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