For the language spoken in Tanzania and sometimes known as Meru, see West Kilimanjaro language.
Meru
Kĩmĩĩrũ
Native to
Kenya
Region
Meru County and Tharaka Nithi County
Ethnicity
Ameru
Native speakers
2.0 million (2019 census)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Atlantic–Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Southern Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu
Thagiicu
North Thagiicu
Meru
Dialects
Igembe
Igoji
Imenti
Miutini
Nuclear Meru
Tigania
Language codes
ISO 639-3
mer – Meru
Glottolog
meru1245 Meru
Guthrie code
E.53,531,54,541[2]
Meru is a Bantu language spoken by the Meru people (Ameru) who live on the Eastern and Northern slopes of Mount Kenya and on the Nyambene ranges. They settled in this area after centuries of migration from the north.
The Meru people are a fairly homogeneous community and all share a common ancestry. They speak the same language, Kimeru, but there are some slight regional differences, in accent and local words. The community comprises the following subdivisions, from the north to south:
Igembe
Tigania (Tiania) (culture close to neighbouring Cushitic and Nilotic communities)
Imenti
Tharaka (Saraka)
Igoji
Mwimbi–Muthambi
Chuka (Gicuka) (marginal intelligibility with Meru proper and with Gikuyu.
As the Meru language is similar to its surrounding neighbors, the Kikuyu and Embu could have possibly adopted parts of Meru.
^Meru at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
^Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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