Mwimbi dialect

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The Mwimbi dialect is a regional variety of the Bantu Meru language spoken by the Mwimbi people in eastern Kenya.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mwimbi dialect canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language variety ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
associatedWith Mwimbi cultural identity ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Chuka dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
Imenti dialect ⓘ
Muthambi dialect ⓘ
Tharaka dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
geographicDistribution Mwimbi area of eastern slopes of Mount Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Mwimbi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system typical of Bantu languages ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
tone distinctions ⓘ
languageBranch Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
partOf Meru dialect cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Embu-Meru region NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesGrammarWith Meru language NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesVocabularyWith other Meru dialects ⓘ
spokenBy Mwimbi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenIn Eastern Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
subdivisionOf Kimeru language ⓘ
Meru language NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAlongside English language ⓘ
Swahili language NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor oral communication ⓘ
usedIn daily conversation ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Meru language → hasDialects → Mwimbi dialect ⓘ