glide [j]. Kamba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Dhaiso (Thaisu) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Jouni Filip...

1999, the Dhaiso population was estimated to number 5,000, and the Dhaiso language is not being transmitted by adults to children. The Dhaiso are historically...

An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its...

and the Dhaiso, an ethnic group primarily inhabiting the foot of the Usambara Mountains. The mother-tongue of the Dhaiso is a Thagicũ language, which is...

Mombasa counties. The Kamba are of Bantu origin. They are closely related in language and culture to the Kikuyu, the Embu, the Mbeere and the Meru, and to some...

the Meru language, also known as Kimîîrú. Meru, Kikamba, Kiembu, Kimbeere and Kikuyu share critical language characteristics. The Meru language is not uniform...

conflicts, a fact attributed to the unifying influence of the Swahili language. The ethnic groups mentioned here are mostly differentiated based on ethnolinguistic...

Ma'á) language is one of the few true hybrid languages, combining Bantu grammar with Cushitic lexicon. In actuality, the people speak two languages: one...

pronunciation: [ɣèkòjóꜜ]) The Kikuyu belong to the Northeastern Bantu branch. Their language is most closely related to that of the Embu and Mbeere. Geographically...

Digo people, nearly all Muslims, speak the Digo language, called Chidigo by speakers, a Bantu language. The Mijikenda, whose name means "the nine kaya"...