Mijikenda language
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Not to be confused with Nyika language.
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Mijikenda is a Bantu dialect cluster of Kenya, with about 100,000 speakers in Tanzania.
Varieties
Maho (2009) lists four varieties as distinct languages:
- North Mijikenda - ("Nyika") consists of several mutually intelligible dialects: Giryama, Kauma, Chonyi, Duruma, Rabai, Jibana, Kambe, Ribe.
- Digo
- Segeju
- Degere (cf. Degere language (Cushitic))
Clicks
Clicks have been reported in ideophones from two dialects of Mijikenda, Digo and Duruma. (It is not known if they occur in the others.) These are tsya! /ʇ̃ǎ/ 'scram!' and /ʇ̃akule/ 'minute'. It is not known if these have any connection with the neighboring Dahalo language.
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />- Walsh, M.T. (2006). "A Click in Digo and its Historical Interpretation", Azania, 41.
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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- ↑ Chonyi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Digo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Duruma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Giryama at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Segeju at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
