Mount Kenya Bantu languages

E916995

Bantu language group language cluster

The Mount Kenya Bantu languages are a cluster of closely related Bantu languages spoken around Mount Kenya in central Kenya, including varieties such as Meru, Kikuyu, and Embu.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Kenya Bantu languages canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bantu language group ⓘ language cluster ⓘ
arealGroupWith	Central Kenya Bantu languages ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
ethnolinguisticRegion	Mount Kenya east and south slopes ⓘ Mount Kenya west and southwest slopes ⓘ
glottologClassification	Narrow Bantu ⓘ
hasMember	Chuka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Embu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Gichugu variety ⓘ Igembe language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kikuyu language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kîrînyaga (Kirinyaga) variety ⓘ Mbeere language NERFINISHED ⓘ Meru language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ndia variety ⓘ Tharaka language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigania language NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Bantu ⓘ Niger–Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ mutual intelligibility among many member varieties ⓘ noun class system ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ
neighboringLanguageGroup	Kamba language NERFINISHED ⓘ Maasai language NERFINISHED ⓘ Rift Valley Nilotic languages ⓘ
region	Mount Kenya region NERFINISHED ⓘ central Kenya ⓘ
spokenAround	Mount Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn	Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
typology	SVO word order ⓘ
usedBy	Chuka people NERFINISHED ⓘ Embu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Igembe people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kikuyu people NERFINISHED ⓘ Mbeere people NERFINISHED ⓘ Meru people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tharaka people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigania people NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	education at lower primary level in some areas ⓘ local administration ⓘ oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (1)

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

Meru language → languageGroup → Mount Kenya Bantu languages ⓘ