Kiembu
E916994
Kiembu is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Embu people of central Kenya.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kiembu canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Atlantic–Congo languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Benue–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo language family NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Bantoid languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kikuyu language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kimeru language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| countryOfficialLanguageContext | Kenya (as a local language, not national official language) ⓘ |
| glottologCode | kiem1238 ⓘ |
| guthrieClassification | E52 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Embu language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kĩembu ⓘ |
| hasEthnicGroup | Embu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLexicalSimilarityWith |
Kikuyu language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kimeru language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | descriptive grammars and wordlists ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature | rich verbal morphology ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| hasNounClassSystem | yes ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
noun class agreement
ⓘ
vowel harmony (limited) ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticStatus | regional language in Kenya ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | no fully standardized orthography (local conventions exist) ⓘ |
| hasTone | tonal language ⓘ |
| iso639-3Code | ebu ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | Kenya Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| macroArea | East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryDomain | home and community domains ⓘ |
| region |
Embu County
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Kenya region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Embu people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenByPopulation | hundreds of thousands of speakers ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInRegion | central Kenya ⓘ |
| subfamily |
E50 Bantu languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northeast Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAlongside |
English
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swahili NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
daily communication
ⓘ
oral literature ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SVO ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.