Atlantic-Congo · East Africa

Kikuyu

Not endangered

Kikuyu is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilyAtlantic-Congo
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3kik
Glottocodekiku1240

Spoken in Kenya

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Atlantic-Congo's family tree with Kikuyu.

  1. Temi

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  2. Chuka

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  3. Dhaiso

    Shifting
    Grammar sketch

  4. Embu

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  5. Kamba (Kenya)

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  6. Meru

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  7. Mwimbi-Muthambi

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  8. Tharaka

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

Reference data for Kikuyu from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)