ISO 639-3 · kikkik
Niger–Congo family
Gikuyu
Gĩkũyũ
Gikuyu is a language of the Central Kenya Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya. Wikidata counts about 6.6 m speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language in Kenya”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kik- ISO 639-1
ki- Glottocode
kiku1240- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- -0.10, 37.50
- Wikipedia
- 66 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Gikuyu · Gĩkũyũ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Kikuyu, Gikuyu language, Kikuyu language, Gĩkũyũ, Gĩgĩkũyũ |
| All speakers | 6,623,000 |
| 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 Gikuyu
The branches above Gikuyu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
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