Mwimbi dialect

E916996

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mwimbi dialect canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language variety ⓘ
dialect ⓘ
associatedWith Mwimbi cultural identity ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Chuka dialect ⓘ
Imenti dialect ⓘ
Muthambi dialect ⓘ
Tharaka dialect ⓘ
linked to: Tharaka language
continent Africa ⓘ
country Kenya ⓘ
geographicDistribution Mwimbi area of eastern slopes of Mount Kenya ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Mwimbi people ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature agglutinative morphology ⓘ
noun class system typical of Bantu languages ⓘ
rich verbal inflection ⓘ
tone distinctions ⓘ
languageBranch Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages ⓘ
partOf Meru dialect cluster ⓘ
region Embu-Meru region ⓘ
sharesGrammarWith Meru language ⓘ
sharesVocabularyWith other Meru dialects ⓘ
spokenBy Mwimbi people ⓘ
spokenIn Eastern Kenya ⓘ
linked to: eastern Kenya

Kenya ⓘ
subdivisionOf Kimeru language ⓘ
Meru language ⓘ
usedAlongside English language ⓘ
Swahili language ⓘ
usedFor oral communication ⓘ
usedIn daily conversation ⓘ
local trade ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Meru language → hasDialects → Mwimbi dialect ⓘ
Imenti dialect → closelyRelatedTo → Mwimbi dialect ⓘ
Kimeru → hasDialect → Mwimbi dialect ⓘ