Kamba language

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Kamba language is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Kamba people of Kenya, known for its rich oral traditions and close linguistic ties to other Central Kenya Bantu languages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kamba language canonical 4
Kikamba language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
subject of linguistic study ⓘ
alternativeName Kikamba ⓘ
Kamba language ⓘ
surface form: Kikamba language
belongsToMacroArea Africa ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Embu language ⓘ
Kikuyu language ⓘ
Kitharaka language ⓘ
Meru language ⓘ
hasEthnicPopulation Kamba people ⓘ
hasGlottologCode kamb1297 ⓘ
hasGlottologName Kamba (Kenya) ⓘ
hasGuthrieCode E55 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code kam ⓘ
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Embu language ⓘ
Kikuyu language ⓘ
Meru language ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology SVO word order ⓘ
agglutinative language ⓘ
hasMorphology noun class system ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language ⓘ
hasRichTradition oral traditions ⓘ
hasStatus regional language in Kenya ⓘ
isTaughtIn some Kenyan primary schools ⓘ
languageFamily Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantoid languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
primaryCountryOfUse Kenya ⓘ
spokenBy Kamba people ⓘ
spokenInCountry Kenya ⓘ
spokenInRegion Central Province, Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Central Kenya

Eastern Province of Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Kenya
subfamily Central Kenya Bantu languages ⓘ
Northeast Bantu ⓘ
surface form: Northeast Bantu languages
usedFor folktales ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
proverbs ⓘ
songs ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
usedIn community communication ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Kikuyu → closelyRelatedTo → Kamba language ⓘ
Embu language → hasNeighborLanguage → Kamba language ⓘ
Meru language → closelyRelatedTo → Kamba language ⓘ
Kamba language → alternativeName → Kamba language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kikamba language
Kikuyu language → closelyRelatedTo → Kamba language ⓘ