Kuria language
Bantu language spoken in Tanzania and Kenya
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Kuria is a Bantu language spoken by the Kuria people of Northern Tanzania, with some speakers also residing in Kenya.
EthnicityKuria people
Native speakers
690,000 (2005–2009)[2]| Kuria | |
|---|---|
| Igikuria | |
| Native to | Kenya, Tanzania[1] |
| Ethnicity | Kuria people |
Native speakers | 690,000 (2005–2009)[2] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Latin, Arabic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kuj |
| Glottolog | kuri1259 |
JE.43,431–434[3] | |
Maho (2009) treats the Simbiti, Hacha, Surwa, and Sweta varieties as distinct languages.
Alphabet
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
All vowels contrast length, and can be either short or long.
Bibliography
- Jelle Cammenga, Igikuria phonology and morphology : a Bantu language of South-West Kenya and North-West Tanzania, Köppe, Köln, 2004, 351 p. ISBN 3896450298 (revised text of a thesis)
- S. M. Muniko, B. Muita oMagige and M. J. Ruel (ed.), Kuria-English dictionary, LIT, Hambourg, 1996, 137 p. ISBN 3825829510
- W. H. Whiteley, The structure of the Kuria verbal and its position in the sentence, University of London, 1955, 161 p. (thesis)
- Phebe Yoder, Tata na Baba = Father and Mother : a first Kuria reader, Musoma Press, Musoma, Tanganyika, 1949, 44 p.