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.

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 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 of Kenya → Mount Kenya region →
spokenBy	Kikuyu people →
spokenIn	Central Kenya → Kenya →
standardizedIn	20th century →
subfamily	Northeast Bantu languages →
usedAlongside	English → 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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Atlantic–Congo languages → Niger–Congo languages →	includesLanguage
Google Translate →	availableLanguage
Bantu languages →	majorLanguage