The
Kalenjin languages are a family of a dozen
Southern Nilotic languages spoken in
Kenya, eastern
Uganda and northern
Tanzania. The term Kalenjin comes from a Nandi expression meaning 'I say (to you)'.
Kalenjin in this broad linguistic sense should not be confused with
Kalenjin as a term for the common identity the Nandi-speaking peoples of Kenya assumed halfway the twentieth century; see
Kalenjin people and
Kalenjin language.