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Kikuyu language

LC control no.sh 85072310
LC classificationPL8379
Topical headingKikuyu language
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Variant(s)Akikuyu language
Gekoio language
Gekoyo language
Gigikuyu language
Gikuyu language
Wakikuyu language
See alsoBantu languages
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Kenya--Languages
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Found inEthnologue (Gikuyu, var.: Gigikuyu, Kikuyu, Gekoyo; under Kenya; Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, E, Eikuyu-Kamba. Dialects: Ndia (Kiambu), Gichugu (Murang'a), Mathira (Nyeri))
Biebuyck, D.P. African ethnonyms, 1996: p. 95 (Gikuyu (Kenya), var. Akikuyu, Gekoyo, Kikuyu, Wakikuyu)
Voegelin: p. 62 (Kikuyu = Gikuyu = Gekoyo)
Dict. ia Kiswahili-Gekoio, 194- (Gekoio)