Rendille–Boni languages

Rendille–Boni
Geographic; distribution	Kenya
Linguistic classification	Afro-Asiatic Cushitic Lowland East Cushitic Macro-Somali? Rendille–Boni; ; ; ;
Subdivisions	Aweer; Rendille;
Glottolog	None

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]

Notes

Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Tosco, Mauro (1994). "The Historical Reconstruction of a Southern Somali Dialect: Proto-Karre-Boni". Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika. 15: 153–209.

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[1] Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

[Tosco94-2] Tosco, Mauro (1994). "The Historical Reconstruction of a Southern Somali Dialect: Proto-Karre-Boni". Sprache und Geschichte in Afrika. 15: 153–209.