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Meru is a Bantu language spoken by the Meru people (Ameru) who live on the Eastern and Northern slopes of Mount Kenya and on the Nyambene ranges. They settled in this area after centuries of migration from the north. The Meru people are a fairly homogeneous community and all share a common ancestry. They speak the same language, Kimeru, but there are some slight regional differences, in accent and local words. The community comprises the following subdivisions, from the north to south:

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  • Meru (langue) (fr)
  • Meru language (en)
  • メル語 (ja)
  • Język meru (pl)
  • Меру (язык) (ru)
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  • Le meru (ou kimeru) est une langue bantoue parlée par la population meru au Kenya. Selon le census kenyan de 2009, 2 000 000 personnes parlent le meru. (fr)
  • メル語(Kimeru)は、ケニアで話されている言語である。話者はケニア山の東部・北部の傾斜地に住む(アメル族)の人々である。 (ja)
  • Język meru – język z rodziny bantu, używany w Kenii i Tanzanii. W 1982 roku liczba mówiących wynosiła ok. 800 tys. (pl)
  • Меру ( Kimîîru) — один из языков банту, язык народа меру. Распространён в округе Меру Восточной провинции в Кении. Число носителей — около 1,9 млн (2009 г.). Меру близок к другим языкам своей зоны бантоидных языков, в частности кикуйю. Иногда рассматривается как диалект кикуйю. Имеет диалекты игембе, игоджи, именти, кука (гикука, чука), мвимби-мутхамби, меру (бейк), миутини, тигания (тиания) и тхарака (сарака). Отличается от языка меру (западнокилиманджарский, рва), на котором говорят в Танзании. (ru)
  • Meru is a Bantu language spoken by the Meru people (Ameru) who live on the Eastern and Northern slopes of Mount Kenya and on the Nyambene ranges. They settled in this area after centuries of migration from the north. The Meru people are a fairly homogeneous community and all share a common ancestry. They speak the same language, Kimeru, but there are some slight regional differences, in accent and local words. The community comprises the following subdivisions, from the north to south: (en)
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  • Meru (en)
  • Kĩmĩĩrũ (en)
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  • Meru (en)
  • Chuka dialect (en)
  • Igembe dialect (en)
  • Muthambi dialect (en)
  • Mwimbi dialect (en)
  • Tharaka dialect (en)
  • Tigania dialect (en)
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