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Kuria language


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For other uses, see Kuria (disambiguation).

















Kuria
Igikuria
Native to
Kenya, Tanzania[1]
Native speakers
690,000 (2005–2009)[2]
Language family

Niger–Congo

  • Atlantic–Congo

    • Benue–Congo

      • Bantoid

        • Bantu

          • Northeast Bantu

            • Great Lakes Bantu
              • Logooli–Kuria (E.40)
                • Kuria
Dialects
  • Kuria proper

  • Simbiti

  • Hacha

  • Surwa

  • Sweta

Writing system

Latin, Arabic
Language codes
ISO 639-3kuj
Glottolog
kuri1259[3]
Guthrie code

JE.43,431–434[4]

Kuria is spoken by the Kuria peoples of Northern Tanzania, with some speakers also residing in Kenya.


Maho (2009) treats the Simbiti, Hacha, Surwa, and Sweta varieties as distinct languages.
















































Kuria alphabet (Kenya)[5]
ABChEËGHIKMNNdNyNg'OÖRRrSTUWY
abcheëghikmnndnyng'oörrrstuwy


Bibliography[edit]


  • Jelle Cammenga, Igikuria phonology and morphology : a Bantu language of South-West Kenya and North-West Tanzania, Köppe, Köln, 2004, 351 p. .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
    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.


References[edit]



  1. ^ Ethnologue entry for Kuria


  2. ^ Kuria at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)


  3. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kuria". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


  4. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


  5. ^ Rhonda L. Hartell, ed. 1993. The Alphabets of Africa. Dakar: UNESCO and Summer Institute of Linguistics












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