Embu language

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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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Embu language canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ
Kikuyu language → closelyRelatedTo → Embu language ⓘ
Embu people → language → Embu language ⓘ