Mijikenda language

Mijikenda
Mijikenda
Native to	Kenya, Tanzania
Region	Mombasa and Kwale districts in Kenya; Muheza and Tanga districts in Tanzania
Ethnicity	Mijikenda, Chonyi, Digo, Giryama, Jibana, Duruma, Kambe, Kauma, Ribe, Rabai
Native speakers	2.6 million (2019 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Sabaki Mijikenda; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; coh – Chonyi; dig – Digo; dug – Duruma; nyf – Giryama; seg – Segeju
Glottolog	miji1238
Guthrie code	E.72,73,731,732
ELP	Segeju

Mijikenda is a Bantu dialect cluster spoken along the coast of East Africa, mostly in Kenya, where there are 2.6 million speakers (2019 census) but also in Tanzania, where there are 166,000 speakers. The name Mijikenda means "the nine settlements" or "the nine communities" and refers to the multiple language communities that make up the group. An older, derogatory term for the group is Nyika which refers to the "dry and bushy country" along the coast.