 Map of the population around Mount Kenya (in french) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 195,250[1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Kenya | |
| Languages | |
| Embu (Kīmbeere dialect) • English | |
| Religion | |
| African Traditional Religion • Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Kikuyu, Embu, Meru, Kamba, Sonjo and Dhaiso |
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The Mbeere or Ambeere people are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the former Mbeere District in the now-defunct Eastern Province of Kenya. According to the 2019 Kenya National census, there are 195,250[1] Mbeere who inhabit an area of 2,093 km2. They speak Kīmbeere language, a dialect of Embu, which is very similar to the languages spoken by their neighbours, the Kamba, Embu and Kikuyu.[2]
- ^ a b "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ ""A Case for the Harmonization of Kikuyu, Kiembu and Kimbeere Phonology and Orthography" Chapter in Ogechi N. O. et. al: The Harmonization and Standardization of Kenyan Languages: Orthography and Other Aspects. | DR. IRIBE MWANGI". Profiles.uonbi.ac.ke. Retrieved 2015-03-04.[dead link]