Imenti dialect
E918702
The Imenti dialect is a regional variety of the Bantu Meru language spoken by the Imenti subgroup of the Meru people in Kenya.
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bantu language variety
ⓘ
dialect ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Central Imenti constituency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mount Kenya region NERFINISHED ⓘ North Imenti constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ South Imenti constituency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Eastern Bantu languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chuka dialect
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Igembe dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Mwimbi dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Tigania dialect ⓘ |
| country | Kenya ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Meru people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicSubgroup | Imenti subgroup of the Meru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologParentCode | meru1245 ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Kimenti (as a local pronunciation) ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticType |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ |
| hasStatus | regional dialect ⓘ |
| ISO639_3CodeOfParentLanguage | mer ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Bantu languages ⓘ |
| partOf | Meru language ⓘ |
| region | eastern Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Imenti people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Kenya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meru County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subFamily | Niger–Congo languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
folklore ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ songs ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| usedWithin | Meru community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.