Chichonyi [CCY]
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Chichonyi
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Chichonyi--
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Language type
Other
Place & SpeakersChichonyi is spoken by a population of around 200,000 in Kenya.
Species
Human/humanoid
About Chichonyi
Chichonyi is a natlang spoken on the coast of Kenya.
Sample of Chichonyi[view] Baba yehu urie mulunguni,
/ Dzinaro ritukuzwe.
/ Ufalmewo udze.
/ Ihendeke urimnweguni here mulunguni.
/ Uhupe rero chak'uria chehu;
/ Na makosa gehu ugasamehe, here vyomabvyo hunawasameha oambaowadzihukosera.
/ Usihulongoze kpa majaribu, lakini hushindire mai.
/ Amina[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Chichonyi[view] About BantuThe Bantu languages are a large branch of the Niger-Congo languages, which began to expand across most of southern and eastern Africa at approximately 400 AD due to the development of iron metallurgy among the West African Proto-Bantu speakers. There...
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Alveolo- palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | ŋ | ||||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | ð | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | h | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡ɕ | |||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Blends | kp | gb | ŋm |
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | u | ||
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | |||
