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Encyclopedia > Gikuyu language

Gikuyu (sometimes written 'Kikuyu', pronounced 'Gĩkũyũ') is a language in the Central Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily by the Kĩkũyũ people of Kenya. Numbering about 6 million (22% of Kenya's population), they are the largest ethnic group in Kenya. Gikuyu is spoken in the area between Nyeri and Nairobi. Gikuyu is one of the five languages of the Thagichu subgroup of the Bantu languages that stretches from Kenya to Tanzania. The Gikuyu people usually identify their lands by the surrounding mountain ranges in Central Kenya which they call Kirinyaga or 'the shining mountain'. Gikuyu has three main dialects which are mutually intelligible. These dialects are Ndia (Kirinyaga district), Gichugu (Muranga district) and Mathira (Nyeri district). Map showing the distribution of Niger-Congo languages The Niger-Congo languages are probably the largest group of the world in terms of different languages. ... The Kĩkũyũ (otherwise spelled Gĩkũyũ) tribe is Kenyas most populous ethnic group. ... Nyeri is a town and a district in Central Province, Kenya. ... Nairobi skyline Nairobi is the capital of Kenya. ... Bantu is a language family that belongs to the Niger-Congo group. ...


External links

  • Ethnologue entry (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kik)
  • Gĩkũyũ in the Language Museum (http://www.language-museum.com/g/gikuyu.htm)
  • [1] (http://lang.nalrc.wisc.edu/nalrc/resources/press/brochures/kikuyu.pdf)

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