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Embu

Bantu language spoken in Kenya
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Embu

Summary

Embu is a language[1]. Embu ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Embu is in the country of Kenya[3].
  • Embu's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Embu's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Embu is a type of Central Kenya Bantu[6].
  • Embu's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Embu's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Embu language[8].
  • Embu's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+320000'}[9].
  • Embu's indigenous to is recorded as Embu County[10].
  • Embu's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/EBU[11].
  • Embu's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 5 Developing[12].

Why It Matters

Embu ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (44 views/month).[2] Embu has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] Embu is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Kenya

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Kenya
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Embu County
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007540945105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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