Kikuyu language

Person	MũGĩkũyũ
People	AGĩkũyũ
Language	GĩGĩkũyũ
Country	Bũrũrĩ Wa Gĩkũyũ

Kikuyu
Kikuyu
Gĩgĩkũyũ
Pronunciation	[ɣēkōjó]
Native to	Kenya
Region	Central Province
Ethnicity	Agĩkũyũ
Native speakers	8.3 million (2019 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Upland Bantu Thagiicu Kikuyu–Temi Kikuyu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Gichugu; Mathira; Ndia; Northern Gikuyu; Southern Gikuyu;
Writing system	Latin script; Gicandi script;
Language codes
ISO 639-1	ki
ISO 639-2	kik
ISO 639-3	kik
Glottolog	kiku1240
Guthrie code	E.51

Kikuyu or Gikuyu (Gikuyu: Gĩkũyũ [ɣēkōjó]) (also known as Gĩgĩkũyũ) is a Bantu language spoken by the Gĩkũyũ (Agĩkũyũ) of Kenya. Kikuyu is mainly spoken in the area encompassing the former Central Province (between Nyeri, Kirinyaga, Kiambu, Murang'a and Nyahururu) and surrounding areas like Nairobi, Nakuru and Laikipia. The Kikuyu people traditionally identify their ancestral lands by the surrounding mountain ranges in Central Kenya, including Mount Kenya, which they call Kĩrĩmanyaga and the Aberdare Range.