Rendille language
Rendille is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken by the Rendille people inhabiting northern Kenya. It is part of the family's Cushitic branch.
The Ariaal sub-group of the Rendille, who are of mixed Nilotic and Cushitic descent, speak the Nilo-Saharan Samburu language of the Samburu Nilotes near whom they live.Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental–alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| Voiceless plosive | | t | c | k | |
| Voiced plosive | b | d | ɟ | g | |
| Fricative | f | s | | x | h ~ ħ ~ ʔ |
| Lateral | | l | | | |
| Trill | | r | | | |
| Nasal | m | n | | | |
| Glide | w | | j | | |
Vowels
| Front | Back |
| Close | i | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ |
| Close-mid | e | o |
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ |
| Open | a | ɑ |
