Kimvita

E22244

Bantu language variety Swahili dialect

Kimvita is a major coastal dialect of Swahili spoken primarily in and around Mombasa, Kenya.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Kimvita canonical	3

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language variety ⓘ Swahili dialect ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Mombasa Swahili Mvita ⓘ
hasDialectStatus	major coastal dialect of Swahili ⓘ
influencedStandardVariety	Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Kenyan Standard Swahili
ISO639_3Status	not assigned separate ISO 639-3 code (covered by Swahili) ⓘ
languageBranch	Northeast Coast Bantu languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu languages ⓘ
languageGroup	Sabaki languages ⓘ
languageOf	Mombasa Swahili community ⓘ
lexicalFeature	distinct local vocabulary compared to Standard Swahili ⓘ
mutuallyIntelligibleWith	Kiamu ⓘ Kipemba ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ surface form: Standard Swahili
namedAfter	Mombasa ⓘ surface form: Mvita (historic name of Mombasa island)
phonologicalFeature	retention of some conservative Swahili consonant clusters ⓘ
primaryCity	Mombasa ⓘ
primaryCountry	Kenya ⓘ
primaryRegion	Coast Province, Kenya ⓘ
sociolinguisticStatus	prestige variety in traditional Mombasa Swahili community ⓘ
spokenAlong	Coast Province, Kenya ⓘ surface form: Kenyan coast
spokenIn	Coast Province, Kenya ⓘ surface form: Kilifi County Coast Province, Kenya ⓘ surface form: Kwale County Mombasa ⓘ surface form: Mombasa County
subdivisionOf	Swahili language ⓘ
usedBy	Swahili ethnic community of Mombasa ⓘ
usedIn	everyday communication in Mombasa ⓘ local trade along the Kenyan coast ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin script ⓘ

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

Swahili language → hasMajorDialect → Kimvita ⓘ

Kiunguja → closelyRelatedTo → Kimvita ⓘ

Mvita → alternativeName → Kimvita ⓘ