Imenti dialect

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The Imenti dialect is a regional variety of the Bantu Meru language spoken by the Imenti subgroup of the Meru people in Kenya.

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Label Occurrences
Imenti dialect canonical 1

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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

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Meru language hasDialects Imenti dialect