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3 unusual facts about Gikuyu language


Gikuyu language

The Gichugu switch easily to the other plainer Kikuyu dialects in conversation with the rest of the Gikuyu.

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The unmistakable sing-song Gichugu dialect (which sounds like Embu, a sister language to Gikuyu) can be heard in the coffee growing areas of Kianyaga, Gĩthũre, Kathũngũri, Marigiti.

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Other home towns for the Ndia, where purer forms of the dialect are spoken, will be in the tea-growing areas of Kagumo, and the cool Kangaita hills.



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