Kimeru

E1037840

Bantu language language

Kimeru is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Meru people of central Kenya.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kimeru canonical	2
Mwimbi	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Embu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gikuyu–Kamba languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Kikuyu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
countryOfficialLanguageAlongside	English in Kenya ⓘ Swahili in Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Meru people NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottocode	meru1245 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kĩmĩĩrũ NERFINISHED ⓘ Meru language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialect	Chuka dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Igembe dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Imenti dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Muthambi dialect ⓘ Mwimbi dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Tharaka dialect ⓘ Tigania dialect ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	rich noun class agreement system ⓘ tone language characteristics ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	agglutinative verb morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	noun class system typical of Bantu languages ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity	Embu County NERFINISHED ⓘ Meru County NERFINISHED ⓘ Tharaka-Nithi County NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	mer ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringLanguage	Embu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kikuyu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Eastern Province of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Kenya region NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Meru people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ central Kenya ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Northeast Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication among Meru people ⓘ
usedIn	traditional oral literature of the Meru people ⓘ
usedInEducation	local primary schools in Meru region ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meru → languageSpoken → Kimeru ⓘ

Meru people → language → Kimeru ⓘ

Meru people → subgroup → Kimeru ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mwimbi