Nyeri dialect

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The Nyeri dialect is a regional variety of the Kikuyu language traditionally spoken in and around Nyeri in central Kenya.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nyeri dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (26)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect ⓘ
regional variety of Kikuyu language ⓘ
belongsTo Gikuyu ⓘ
surface form: Gikuyu dialect continuum
closelyRelatedTo Kiambu dialect ⓘ
Kirinyaga dialect ⓘ
Murang’a dialect ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroup Kikuyu people ⓘ
historicalRegion Central Province, Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Central Province of Kenya (former administrative unit)
languageBranch Bantoid languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantu languages ⓘ
languageCode no separate ISO 639-3 code (covered by Kikuyu: "kik") ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
lexicalFeature contains vocabulary specific to Nyeri region ⓘ
mutuallyIntelligibleWith other Kikuyu dialects ⓘ
partOfLanguage Kikuyu language ⓘ
phonologyFeature shares core phonological system with standard Kikuyu ⓘ
region Kenyan highlands ⓘ
surface form: Mount Kenya region
spokenIn Central Province, Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Central Kenya

Nyeri ⓘ
standardization not an official standard variety of Kikuyu ⓘ
status primarily spoken, not widely used as a written standard ⓘ
usedBy Kikuyu community in and around Nyeri ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

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

Kikuyu → hasDialects → Nyeri dialect ⓘ