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Aembu
Total population
608,599[1]
Regions with significant populations
Kenya
Languages
Kiembu, Kiswahili, and English
Religion
Christianity, Islam, Irreligious and African Traditional Religion
Related ethnic groups
Kikuyu, Meru, Mbeere, Kamba, Dhaiso and Sonjo
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The Embu or Aembu (sometimes called Waembu) are a Bantu people indigenous to Embu county . The region is situated on the southern slopes of the former Eastern province. They belong to the northeastern Bantu branch and speak the Embu language known as Kiembu as a mother tongue. It belongs to the Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo family. Kimeru, Kikuyu, and Kikamba share similar language characteristics. To the west, Embu neighbours are the closely related Kikuyu in Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Kiambu, Muranga and Nyandarua counties. The Meru people border the Embu to the East.
^"2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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altitude of 1500m.The population is estimated at 58,000 people, the majority of which are the EmbuPeople who speak Kiembu, a Bantu language, as well as Kiswahili...
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which is well documented. According to Grassivaro-Gallo and Viviani, some people believe the custom was brought to the Horn of Africa during antiquity from...
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