Chonyi | |
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"Chichonyi" | |
Native to | Kenya |
Region | Kilifi County |
Ethnicity | Chonyi people |
Native speakers | 310,000 (2019)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | coh |
Glottolog | chon1287 |
E72c [2] |
Chonyi (Conyi, Kichonyi, Chichonyi) is a Bantu language spoken along the eastern coast of Kenya in Kilifi County by the Chonyi people. It is part of the Mijikenda dialect cluster.
In 2019, there were an estimated 310,000 speakers.[1] Of these, 39,000 spoke the Jibana dialect (Chidzihana) and 71,000 the Kauma dialect (Chikauma).[1]