Kikuyu

E53602
Bantu language natural language subject–verb–object language

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

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kikuyu canonical 20
Kikuyu [kik] 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
subject–verb–object language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Embu language ⓘ
Kamba language ⓘ
Meru language ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Kikuyu people ⓘ
geneticClassification Atlantic–Congo languages ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Southern Bantoid ⓘ
surface form: Southern Bantoid languages
GlottologCode giku1248 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Gikuyu ⓘ
Gĩkũyũ ⓘ
hasDialects Kiambu dialect ⓘ
Kirinyaga dialect ⓘ
Murang’a dialect ⓘ
Nyeri dialect ⓘ
hasEthnologueEntry Kikuyu language ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language ⓘ
vowel harmony ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
ISO639-2Code kik ⓘ
ISO639-3Code kik ⓘ
isOfficialLanguageOf none ⓘ
isRecognizedMinorityLanguageIn Kenya ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
majorLanguageOf central Kenya ⓘ
region Central Province, Kenya ⓘ
surface form: Central Province of Kenya

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

Kenya ⓘ
standardizedIn 20th century ⓘ
subfamily Northeast Coast Bantu languages ⓘ
surface form: Northeast Bantu languages
usedAlongside English ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
surface form: Swahili
usedFor education at local level in some Kenyan schools ⓘ
usedIn local media in central Kenya ⓘ
oral literature of the Kikuyu people ⓘ
traditional songs of the Kikuyu people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Niger–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Kikuyu ⓘ
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Kikuyu ⓘ
Bantu languages → majorLanguage → Kikuyu ⓘ
Atlantic–Congo languages → includesLanguage → Kikuyu ⓘ
Wangari Maathai → languageSpoken → Kikuyu ⓘ
Jomo Kenyatta → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu ⓘ
Bantu peoples → includeEthnicGroup → Kikuyu ⓘ
Kikuyu highlands → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu ⓘ
Uhuru Kenyatta → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu ⓘ
Kiambu County → hasMajorTown → Kikuyu ⓘ
Kiambu County → languageUsed → Kikuyu ⓘ
Kibera → hasEthnicGroup → Kikuyu ⓘ
East African languages → includesLanguage → Kikuyu ⓘ
Gikuyu → alternateName → Kikuyu ⓘ
Kikuyu language → alternateName → Kikuyu ⓘ
Kikuyu language → hasEthnologueEntry → Kikuyu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kikuyu [kik]
Embu → hasLanguage → Kikuyu ⓘ
Rift Valley Province → ethnicGroup → Kikuyu ⓘ
Nakuru County → hasEthnicGroup → Kikuyu ⓘ
Eldoret → hasEthnicCommunities → Kikuyu ⓘ
Kenyan → languageSpoken → Kikuyu ⓘ