Meru language

E267657

Bantu language natural language

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

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Meru language canonical	6

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language ⓘ natural language ⓘ
belongsToSubgroup	Northeast Coast Bantu languages ⓘ surface form: Northeast Bantu languages
closelyRelatedTo	Embu language ⓘ Kamba language ⓘ Kikuyu language ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Kĩmĩrũ ⓘ
hasBasicWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
hasDialects	Chuka dialect ⓘ Igembe dialect ⓘ Imenti dialect ⓘ Muthambi dialect ⓘ Mwimbi dialect ⓘ Tharaka dialect ⓘ Tigania dialect ⓘ
hasEthnologueCode	mer ⓘ
hasGlottocode	meru1245 ⓘ
hasISO6393Code	mer ⓘ
hasLinguisticCode	Glottolog: meru1245 ⓘ ISO 639-3: mer ⓘ
hasMorphologyType	agglutinative ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem	Bantu noun classes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	five-vowel system ⓘ rich consonant system ⓘ tone language ⓘ
isSpokenAs	vernacular language ⓘ
isTaughtInformallyIn	Meru communities ⓘ
isUsedAlongside	English language ⓘ Swahili language ⓘ
isUsedIn	daily communication ⓘ local trade ⓘ
languageBranch	Bantu languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageGroup	Mount Kenya Bantu languages ⓘ
region	Kenyan highlands ⓘ surface form: Mount Kenya region eastern slopes of Mount Kenya ⓘ
spokenBy	Meru people ⓘ
spokenIn	Kenya ⓘ central Kenya ⓘ
subregion	East Africa ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup	Maa ⓘ surface form: Ameru
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

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

Kikuyu → closelyRelatedTo → Meru language ⓘ

Embu language → closelyRelatedTo → Meru language ⓘ

Embu language → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Meru language ⓘ

Kamba language → closelyRelatedTo → Meru language ⓘ

Kamba language → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Meru language ⓘ

Kikuyu language → closelyRelatedTo → Meru language ⓘ