Mount Kenya Bantu languages

E916995

The Mount Kenya Bantu languages are a cluster of closely related Bantu languages spoken around Mount Kenya in central Kenya, including varieties such as Meru, Kikuyu, and Embu.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kenya Bantu languages 1
Mount Kenya Bantu languages canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language group
language cluster
arealGroupWith Central Kenya Bantu languages
country Kenya
ethnolinguisticRegion Mount Kenya east and south slopes
Mount Kenya west and southwest slopes
glottologClassification Narrow Bantu
hasMember Chuka language
Embu language
Gichugu variety
Igembe language
Kikuyu language
Kîrînyaga (Kirinyaga) variety
Mbeere language
Meru language
Ndia variety
Tharaka language
Tigania language
languageFamily Bantu
Niger–Congo
linguisticFeature agglutinative morphology
mutual intelligibility among many member varieties
noun class system
rich verbal morphology
neighboringLanguageGroup Kamba language
Maasai language
Rift Valley Nilotic languages
region Mount Kenya region
linked to: Kenyan highlands

central Kenya
spokenAround Mount Kenya
spokenIn Kenya
subclassOf Bantu languages
Niger–Congo languages
typology SVO word order
usedBy Chuka people
Embu people
Igembe people
Kikuyu people
Mbeere people
Meru people
Tharaka people
linked to: Meru people

Tigania people NERFINISHED
usedFor education at lower primary level in some areas
local administration
oral literature
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Meru language languageGroup Mount Kenya Bantu languages
Kiembu linguisticArea Kenya Bantu languages
linked to: Mount Kenya Bantu languages