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Meru

Bantu language spoken in Kenya
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Meru

Summary

Meru is a language[1]. Meru ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meru is in the country of Kenya[3].
  • Meru's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Meru's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Meru is a type of Central Kenya Bantu[6].
  • Meru's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Meru's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meru language[8].
  • Meru's indigenous to is recorded as Isiolo County[9].
  • Meru's indigenous to is recorded as Laikipia County[10].
  • Meru's indigenous to is recorded as Meru County[11].
  • Meru's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MER[12].
  • Meru's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 4 Educational[13].

Why It Matters

Meru ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (69 views/month).[2] Meru has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Meru is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Kenya

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . 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. 11d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Indigenous to → Isiolo County, Laikipia County, Meru County
    Topic's main category → Category:Meru language
    Ethnologue language status → 4 Educational
    Instance of → language, modern language
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565658805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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