ISO 639-3 · ebuebu
Niger–Congo family
Embu
Embu is a language of the Central Kenya Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya. Wikidata counts about 320,000 speakers (2009). Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language spoken in Kenya”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ebu- Glottocode
embu1241- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Embu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kiembu, Embu language |
| All speakers | 320,000 (2009) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Embu
The branches above Embu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Kenya
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalaraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafepanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafeswhKiswahiliNiger–Congo · 98.3 m1 · NationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialormOromoAfroasiatic · 36 msomSomaliAfroasiatic · 16.2 m1 · NationalswaSwahiliNiger–Congo · 15.4 mayhHadhrami ArabicAfroasiatic · 4.5 m6a · VigorousluoDholuoNilo-Saharan · 3 m5 · Developing