Gikuyu
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Bantu language in Kenya
Gikuyu is a Bantu language spoken primarily in Kenya, particularly in the central regions of the country. It matters because it is a major indigenous language with significant cultural and historical importance to the Kikuyu people and their communities.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- modern language
- Country
- Kenya
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- linguistic typology
- subject–verb–object
- Commons category
- Kikuyu language
- writing system
- Latin alphabet
- number of speakers, writers, or signers
- 6623000
- native label
- Gĩgĩkũyũ
- Wikimedia language code
- ki
- indigenous to
- Central Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Kikuyu language
- P10369
- Nicolas Sarkozy
- P11012
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Encyclopedic overview
Kikuyu or Gikuyu (Gikuyu: Gĩkũyũ [ɣēkōjó]) (also known as Gĩgĩkũyũ) is a Bantu language spoken by the Gĩkũyũ (Agĩkũyũ) of Kenya. Kikuyu is mainly spoken in the area encompassing the former Central Province (between Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Kiambu, Murang'a and Nyahururu) and surrounding areas like Nairobi, Nakuru and Laikipia. The Kikuyu people traditionally identify their ancestral lands by the surrounding mountain ranges in Central Kenya, including Mount Kenya, which they call Kĩrĩmanyaga and the Aberdare Range.
Phonology
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