Embu language

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Bantu language Kenyan language natural language

The Embu language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Embu people of central Kenya, closely related to other Mount Kenya languages such as Kikuyu and Meru.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Embu language canonical 6

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
Kenyan language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Meru people ⓘ
surface form: Mount Kenya peoples
closelyRelatedTo Kikuyu language ⓘ
Meru language ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
glottologCode embu1245 ⓘ
glottologName Embu ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Kiembu ⓘ
Kĩembu ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Embu people ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Kikuyu language ⓘ
Meru language ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language ⓘ
hasNeighborLanguage Kamba language ⓘ
Kikuyu language ⓘ
Meru language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class system ⓘ
tone ⓘ
hasStatus regional language in Kenya ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
ISO639-3Code ebu ⓘ
isSpokenAlong slopes of Mount Kenya ⓘ
isTaughtInformally within families and communities ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
partOf Bantu languages of East Africa ⓘ
region Embu County ⓘ
Kenyan highlands ⓘ
surface form: Mount Kenya region
spokenBy Embu people ⓘ
spokenIn Kenya ⓘ
central Kenya ⓘ
subfamily Mount Kenya Bantu languages ⓘ
Northeast Coast Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Northeast Bantu languages
usedFor daily communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
usedIn local administration in Embu region ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (6)

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

Kikuyu → closelyRelatedTo → Embu language ⓘ
Meru language → closelyRelatedTo → Embu language ⓘ
Kamba language → closelyRelatedTo → Embu language ⓘ
Kamba language → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Embu language ⓘ
Kikuyu language → closelyRelatedTo → Embu language ⓘ
Embu people → language → Embu language ⓘ