Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 lke
Kenyi Language
Kenyi is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 3.1 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Kenyi is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Kenyi
About the Kenyi language
Kenyi is spoken by about 3.1 million people, which makes it the 241st most spoken language in the world — just behind Dagbani (3.2 million) and ahead of Musi (3.1 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Soga-Kenyi group within the Benue-Congo branch.
Where is Kenyi spoken?
Kenyi is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Uganda (3.1 million).
Kenyi is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Kenyi is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Soga, Ganda, Nyankole, Chiga, Haya, Kinyarwanda and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 lke.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.