oltome wrote:
@Masukuma....these Nilotes have always fascinated me, whereas Bantu Languages can be mutually intelligible, the same cannot be said of the Nilotic languages...the languages are as diverse as day and night. An aside,despite being phenotypically similar, a Maasai is genetically closer to an Arab than to a Kikuyu....how did this freak of nature happen
Me too! They are fascinating people. When you travel to South Sudan that is where you will see the stereotypical Nilotes - the dinka, the Nuer, the equitorians e.t.c. There are some people there you would confuse with Luos from shags kabisa!! Personally I believe Maasais and Samburus and all people categorized as the eastern Nilotes are not core 'Nilotes' in the direct sense that the Dinka, Luo or the guys in Northern Uganda are (akina Odoch) are - they were categorized as such but are not. They may have been products of either a different type of people who migrated south through eastern south sudan or were nilotes from the eastern side of Sudan who intermarried (mixed) with the Ethio-Somali group of persons (or somehow both). They thus should be considered more Cushitic than Nilotic since their ancestry is about 21% ethio-somali. The rest is a bit of everyone coz Maasai are actually very very genetically diverse coz of their culture where they married into other groups. so right now they are Kikuyus, Kisiis , Kambas e.t.c. coz genes don't lie.
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