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What is the approximate ratio of mothertongue Masai speakers to mother
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What is the approximate ratio of mothertongue Masai speakers to mother tongue Turkana and mother tongue Sambur speakers combined in Kenya?
A. $3: 1$
B. $7: 6$
C. $1: 1$
D. $3: 4$
E. $7: 8$
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Re: What is the approximate ratio of mothertongue Masai speakers to mother
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18 Mar 2025, 13:45
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The answer choices aren't real close together here, so we can estimate again. We want the ratio of Masai speakers to Turkana and Sambur combined. These are all Eastern Nilotic languages, so it's the Nilotic column we're interested in.
This tells us that there are 346,000 mother tongue Masai speakers in Kenya, or about 350,000.
The number of Turkana and Samburu mother tongue speakers is $\(297,000+106,000\)$ or about 400,000 .
The ratio we want is about $\(\frac{350,000}{400,000}\)$ or $\(\frac{35}{40}=\frac{7}{8}\)$ or $\(7: 8\)$.
This tells us that there are 346,000 mother tongue Masai speakers in Kenya, or about 350,000.
The number of Turkana and Samburu mother tongue speakers is $\(297,000+106,000\)$ or about 400,000 .
The ratio we want is about $\(\frac{350,000}{400,000}\)$ or $\(\frac{35}{40}=\frac{7}{8}\)$ or $\(7: 8\)$.
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