User talk:Konuch

November 2021

Hello, I'm Landroving Linguist. Your recent edit(s) to the page Nilo-Saharan languages appear to have added incorrect information, so they have been reverted for now. If you believe the information was correct, please cite a reliable source or discuss your change on the article's talk page. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. LandLing 11:15, 8 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Landroving Linguist I edited two groups only, the Kalenjins (Nandi–Markweta languages (Kalenjin, 1.6 million). Kenyan Rift Valley, Kapchorua Uganda) and the Luo as per the Kenya Population censors of 2019. The population of Kenya as of 2019 was 47,564,296. 13.4% and 10.7% are Kalenjin and Luo, respectively. 13.4% of 47,564,296 cannot be 1.6 million.

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Konuch (talk) 09:52, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Dear User:Konuch, thanks for getting back to me on this! It is good to ask these questions before you make new edits, as it is important to follow the rules of Wikipedia to avoid further reverts. Whatever the real numbers may be is beside the question. What you did is to increase the population figure of Nandi–Markweta languages from 1.6 Million to 6.6 million, more than quadrupling the figure, without providing a new source that supports this increase. But in Wikipedia, you need to provide a reliable source for any substantial change you do to the text. The rules on Wikipedia sourcing also do not allow to perform calculations on various population figures such as percentages, as you seem to attempt in what you write here. For the matter at hand, Nandi and Markweta are not the only Kalenjin languages. This page (which you can use as a source) includes the following languages with Kalenjin: Keiyo [eyo], Kipsigis [sgc], Markweeta [enb], Nandi [niq], Okiek [oki], Pökoot [pko], Sabaot [spy], Terik [tec], Tugen [tuy]. And the total speaker number it comes up with is 4,628,550. According to the same source Markweta has 129,000 speakers, and Nandi slightly less than a million. BTW, the source also states the total speaker number of Dholuo as 5,255,000, therefore higher than what you edited. If you cite that source, you can increase the figure to that point. LandLing 14:12, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.knbs.or.ke/2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-results/

[2] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Kenya#Bantu_peoples

[3] ttps://www.statista.com/statistics/1199555/share-of-ethnic-groups-in-kenya/

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