Kiembu

E916994

Kiembu is a Bantu language spoken primarily by the Embu people of central Kenya.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kiembu canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
belongsTo Atlantic–Congo languages
Benue–Congo languages
Niger–Congo language family
Southern Bantoid languages
linked to: Southern Bantoid
closelyRelatedTo Kikuyu language
Kimeru language
continent Africa
country Kenya
countryOfficialLanguageContext Kenya (as a local language, not national official language)
glottologCode kiem1238
guthrieClassification E52
hasAlternativeName Embu language
Kĩembu
hasEthnicGroup Embu people
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Kikuyu language
Kimeru language
hasLinguisticResearch descriptive grammars and wordlists
hasMorphologicalFeature rich verbal morphology
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNounClassSystem yes
hasPhonologicalFeature noun class agreement
vowel harmony (limited)
hasSociolinguisticStatus regional language in Kenya
hasStandardForm no fully standardized orthography (local conventions exist)
hasTone tonal language
iso639-3Code ebu
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages
linguisticArea Kenya Bantu languages
macroArea East Africa
primaryDomain home and community domains
region Embu County
Mount Kenya region
linked to: Kenyan highlands
spokenBy Embu people
spokenByPopulation hundreds of thousands of speakers
spokenIn Kenya
spokenInRegion central Kenya
subfamily E50 Bantu languages
Northeast Bantu languages
linked to: Northeast Bantu
usedAlongside English
Swahili
linked to: Swahili language
usedFor daily communication
oral literature
traditional ceremonies
wordOrder SVO
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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