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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.

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.

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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