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Kikuyu

Phonology

Mũndũ – Person

Mũtumia – married woman

Mũirĩtu – initiated girl

Mũanake – Unmarried initiated man

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Mũrimũ - spirit-borne disease

Mũkũyũ - a kind of big tree

Mũtamaiyũ - wild Olive

mũrũthi - lion

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Njangiri - an outcast

Ngĩa - pauper

Ngombo - serf or slave

Njamba - boaster

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Kĩrĩgũ - big uninitiated girl (derisive)

Kĩhĩĩ - big uninitiated boy (derisive)

Kĩhembe - drum

Gĩtonga - a miser (derisive)

Thank you

Alphabet

Language of Kenya

Spoken by: Kikuyu People

Nairobi (Nyeri)

Use Latin alphabet

Population: 6 million (22% of Kenya)

4 dilects:

(1)Kyrinyaga

(2)Muranga

(3)Nyeri

(4)Kiambu

Gikuyu syllabic structure

Language family tree

Consonant

Vowel

Gikuyu's syllabic structure: MUST end with vowel

(C: consonant V: vowel) CV or VCV

English's CVC structure → Impossible in Gikuyu

Example: Ngui(dog)→CV Uga(say)→VCV

'ng' is considered as one consonant

Tone

Examples : Words

They classify word class with relation to spirit possession

2 tones exist

(1) low-high rising tone

(2) downstep

Gikuyu song

Examples: Sentences

Good morning We mũega rũciinĩ

Good afternoon We mũega umũthĩ

Good evening We mũega hwaĩinĩ

All right Nĩwega

What is your name? Wĩtagwo atĩa Mwĩtagwo atĩa

My name is XX Njĩtagwo Mwangi Twĩtagwo XX

I am happy to know you Nĩndakena nĩ gũkũmenya

Where do your parents live? Aciari aku maikaraga kũ

My parents live in Nairobi Aciari akwa maikaraga nairobi

Thank you very much Nĩwega mũno

Thanks Nĩ ngatho.

Example : Words (1~10)

îmwe one

igîrî two

ithatû three

inya four

ithano five

ithathatû six

mûgwanja seven

inyanya eight

kenda nine

ikûmi ten

Reference

http://www.zompist.com/benu.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gikuyu_language

http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Kikuyu-Language

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