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Gikuyu Language / Version: 1965 Bible Society of Kenya / Gikuyu is a language in the Central Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily by the Kikuyu people of Kenya. Numbering about 6 million.

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MP3 New Testametn CD in Gikuyu Language

Language: Gikuyu

Version: 1965 Bible Society of Kenya

Available Option: New Testament - Drama

Gikuyu or Kikuyu (Gikuyu: G'k'y', pronounced [''k'jó]) is a language in the Central Bantu branch of the Niger-Congo family spoken primarily by the Kikuyu people of Kenya. Numbering about 6 million (22% of Kenya's population),[2] they are the largest ethnic group in Kenya. Gikuyu is spoken in the area between Nyeri and Nairobi. Gikuyu is one of the five languages of the Thagichu subgroup of the Bantu languages, which stretches from Kenya to Tanzania. The Gikuyu people usually identify their lands by the surrounding mountain ranges in Central Kenya which they call Kirinyaga.

Gikuyu has four main mutually intelligible dialects. The Central Province districts are divided along the traditional boundaries of these dialects, which are Kirinyaga, Muranga[Maragua], Nyeri and Kiambu. The Gikuyu from Kirinyaga are composed of two main sub-dialects - the Ndia and Gich'g' who speak the dialect K'-Ndia and G'-g'c'g'. The G'c'g's and the Ndias do not have the "ch" or "sh" sound, and will use the "s" sound instead, hence the pronunciation of "G'c'g'" as opposed "G'ch'g'". To hear Ndia being spoken, one needs to be in Kerugoya the largest town in Kirinyaga. 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. Lower down the slopes is Kutus, which is a bustling dusty town with too many influences from the other dialects to be able to differentiate.