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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

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