Kikuyu language

Kikuyu, also written Gikuyu, is the language of the Kikuyu, a major ethnic group of Kenya who numbered about 4.4 million in 1987, roughly 20 percent of the country population. It has three predominant dialects and is linguistically related to the other Bantu-speaking groups of central Kenya, among them the Kamba, Embu, Mbere, Tharaka and Meru. Its speakers call themselves Mugikuyu in the singular and Agikuyu in the plural, and the Kikuyu have no unique written language of their own, so much of what is known about their traditional culture comes from rich oral traditions.