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2 unusual facts about Meru people


Meru language

Meru is the language spoken by the Meru people (Ameru) who live on the Eastern and Northern slopes of Mount Kenya, Kenya, Africa and on the Nyambene ranges.

Meru people

Kimîîru, Kikamba, Kiembu, Kimbeere, kisii and Kikuyu share critical language characteristics.The term meru is derived from maa speakers which is a reference of ngaa people upon arrival from east african coast (mboa).



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Presbyterian Church of East Africa

When the mission was handed over to the Church of Scotland, God continued to use it for the building up of a company of believers among the Kikuyu people through the work of its stations at Kikuyu and Tumutumu (1908) and among the Meru people in Chuka, and Mwimbi, and among the people of Imenti through its work at Chogoria (1915)