Language code: ki

Technical information about ISO 639 language code ki

Technical information about ki language code (Kikuyu) is available below.

ISO code

ki

Language

Official

Kikuyu

Native

Gĩkũyũ

Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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Kikuyu belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, specifically to the Bantu subgroup. It is predominantly spoken in Central Kenya. The language is written using the Latin alphabet. It is estimated that there are more than 8 million Kikuyu speakers worldwide, primarily in Kenya.

Language presence globally

Speakers

8.2M

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Kikuyu speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

ki-KE Kikuyu (Kenya)

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