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Name:
Giryama
Alternate Names:
Giriama; Agiryama; Kigiriama; Nika; Nyika; Kinyika
Spoken in:
Kenya
Number of speakers:
623,000 (1994 I. Larsen), increasing. 496,000 Giryama, 17,000 Kauma, 19,000 Jibana, 13,000 Kambe, 72,000 Rabai, 6,000 Ribe
(Ethnologue)
Code:
nyf
Code Authority:
ISO 639-3
Code Standard:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Mijikenda (miji)
Child Dialects:
Chwaka (nyf-chw)
Jibana; Dzihana (nyf-jib)
Ribe; Rihe (nyf-rib)
Rabai (nyf-rab)
Giryama (nyf-gir)
Kambe (nyf-kam)
Kauma (nyf-kau)
Map of Giryama
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