Sabaot language

{{Short description|Kalenjin language spoken in Kenya and Uganda}}

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Sabaot

|nativename={{lang|spy|Sebei}}

|states=Kenya/Uganda

|region=Mount Elgon

|ethnicity=Sabaot people/Sebei people

|speakers={{sigfig|241,000|2}}

|date=2009 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Nilo-Saharan

|fam2=Eastern Sudanic

|fam3=Nilotic

|fam4=Southern Nilotic

|fam5=Kalenjin

|fam6=Elgon

|dia1=Bong’omeek (Bong’om)

|dia2=Koony (Kony)

|dia3=Book (Pok)

|dia4=Sapiiny (Sapiny)

|iso3=spy

|glotto=saba1262

|glottorefname=Sabaot

}}

Sabaot ({{lang|spy|Sebei}}) is a Kalenjin language of Kenya. The Sabaot people live around Mount Elgon in both Kenya and Uganda. The hills of their homeland gradually rise from an elevation of {{convert|5,000|to|14,000|feet}}. The Kenya–Uganda border goes straight through the mountain-top, cutting the Sabaot homeland into two halves.{{cite web|url=https://joshuaproject.net/assets/media/profiles/text/t14623_ke.pdf|title=The Sabaot of Kenya|date=1991|publisher=Joshua Project|url-status=live|archive-date=2019-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701194819/https://joshuaproject.net/assets/media/profiles/text/t14623_ke.pdf}}