Embu language

Embu
Kiembu
Native toKenya
RegionEastern Province, Embu District
EthnicityEmbu, runyejes people
Native speakers
320,000 (2009 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Mbeere
  • Embu proper
Language codes
ISO 639-3ebu
Glottologembu1241
E.52[2]

Embu, also known as Kîembu, is a Bantu language of Kenya. It is spoken by the Embu people, also known as the Aembu (sg. Muembu). Speakers of the Embu language can also be found in neighboring districts/counties and in the diaspora.

The language is closely related to the Kikuyu and Kimeru languages.

  1. ^ Embu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online