Thagiicu languages
| Thagiicu | |
|---|---|
| Central Kenya Bantu | |
| Native to | Kenya and Tanzania |
| Region | Central Province (Kenya), Embu County, Meru County, Tharaka-Nithi County, Machakos County, Kitui County, Makueni County, Ngorongoro District, Arusha |
Early form | Proto-Thagiicu[1]
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | cent2274 |
The Thagiicu or Central Kenya Bantu languages are a group of closely related Northeast Bantu languages spoken in the central regions of Kenya and parts of northern Tanzania.[2][3]
History
[edit]Proto-Thagiicu originated on the southern slopes of Mount Kenya in 1100AD. The thagiicu languages have received influence from cushitic, Nilotic and Kuliak speakers whom the Thagiicu community have absorbed over the millennia.[1][4]
Classification
[edit]The Thagiicu languages are classified by Glottolog as follows:[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Niane, Djibril Tamsir, ed. (1984). Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century. General History of Africa. Vol. 4. University of California Press. p. 491.
- ^ Ehret, Christopher (2011). History and the Testimony of Language. University of California Press. p. 226, 234, 239, 273. ISBN 9780520262041.
- ^ Shillington, Kevin (2013). Encyclopedia of African History. Vol. 3. Routledge. p. 215. ISBN 9780203483862.
- ^ An African Classical Age: Eastern and Southern Africa in World History, 1000 B.C. to A.D. 400. p. 185.
- ^ "Family: Central Kenya Bantu". Glottolog. Retrieved 12 March 2025.