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Name: Gikuyu

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Kikuyu; Gekoyo; Gigikuyu

Spoken in: Kenya

Number of speakers: 7,180,000, increasing (Ethnologue)

Code: kik

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)

Parent Subgroup: Kikuyu-Kamba (E.20); Group E.50 (kikk)

Child Dialects: Ndia; Southern Kirinyaga (kik-ndi) Northern Gikuyu; Northern Murang'a; Nyeri (kik-nor) Mathira; Karatina (kik-mat) Gichugu; Northern Kirinyaga (kik-gic) Southern Gikuyu; Kiambu; Southern Murang'a (kik-sou)

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