Kikuyu language

E267661
Bantu language natural language subject–verb–object language

Kikuyu language is a major Bantu language spoken primarily by the Kikuyu people of central Kenya.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kikuyu language canonical 11

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
subject–verb–object language ⓘ
alternateName Gikuyu ⓘ
Kikuyu ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Embu language ⓘ
Kamba language ⓘ
Meru language ⓘ
countryOfficialStatus recognized language of Kenya ⓘ
geographicDistribution Kenyan highlands ⓘ
surface form: Central highlands of Kenya

Nairobi Metropolitan Region ⓘ
surface form: Nairobi metropolitan area
glottocode kiku1240 ⓘ
hasApproximateSpeakers millions of speakers ⓘ
hasDialects Gichugu dialect ⓘ
Kiambu dialect ⓘ
Kirinyaga dialect ⓘ
Mathira dialect ⓘ
Murang’a dialect ⓘ
Ndia dialect ⓘ
Nyeri dialect ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Kikuyu ⓘ
surface form: Kikuyu [kik]
hasLinguisticCode Guthrie code E51 ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature advanced tongue root vowel harmony ⓘ
five-vowel system with length contrast ⓘ
tone language ⓘ
hasStandardForm standard Kikuyu based on Kiambu and Murang’a varieties ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
iso639-1Code ki ⓘ
iso639-2Code kik ⓘ
iso639-3Code kik ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
nativeName Gĩkũyũ ⓘ
region Central Province, Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Central Province of Kenya

Kenyan highlands ⓘ
surface form: Mount Kenya region
spokenBy Kikuyu people ⓘ
spokenIn Central Province, Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Central Kenya

Kenya ⓘ
subfamily Northeast Coast Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Northeast Bantu languages

Thagichu languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature head-initial language ⓘ
usedBy Kikuyu diaspora communities ⓘ
usedFor local media in Kenya ⓘ
music and songs ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ
usedInEducation early primary education in some Kenyan schools ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (11)

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

Kikuyu → hasEthnologueEntry → Kikuyu language ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages → hasNotableLanguage → Kikuyu language ⓘ
Narrow Bantu → includes → Kikuyu language ⓘ
Nyeri dialect → partOfLanguage → Kikuyu language ⓘ
Embu language → closelyRelatedTo → Kikuyu language ⓘ
Embu language → hasNeighborLanguage → Kikuyu language ⓘ
Embu language → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Kikuyu language ⓘ
Meru language → closelyRelatedTo → Kikuyu language ⓘ
Kamba language → hasLexicalSimilarityWith → Kikuyu language ⓘ
Gikuyu → language → Kikuyu language ⓘ
subject surface form: Kikuyu
Kikuyu people → language → Kikuyu language ⓘ