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ISO 639-3 · mermer
Niger–Congo family

Meru

Meru is a language of the Central Kenya Bantu branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Kenya. Wikidata describes it as “Bantu language spoken in Kenya”.

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Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
mer
Glottocode
meru1245
Wikipedia
16 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
10levels in the tree
4EGIDS level

Facts

NameMeru
Also calledMeru language, Kimeru
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 4 Educational4

Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Niger–Congo to Meru

The branches above Meru, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

1142Niger–Congofamily1061Atlantic–Congobranch910Volta–Congobranch695Benue–Congobranch549Bantoidbranch534Southern Bantoidbranch458Bantubranch163East Bantubranch104Northeast Bantubranch9Central Kenya BantubranchmerMerulanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Kenya68 languages in the index

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