Yaren Mijikenda

Mijikenda wani rukuni ne na yaren Bantu da ake magana a bakin tekun Gabashin Afirka, galibi a Kenya, inda akwai masu magana miliyan 2.6 (ƙidayar shekara ta 2019) amma kuma a Tanzania, inda akwai Masu magana 166,000.  Mijikenda yana nufin "ƙauyuka tara" ko "al'ummomi tara" kuma yana nufin al'ummomin harsuna da yawa waɗanda suka hada da rukuni.  tsofaffi, kuma anso a rinka kalmar wulakanci ga ƙungiyar shine Nyika wanda ke nufin "ƙasa mai bushewa da daji" a bakin tekun.

 Iri 
Sabon Jerin Guthrie da aka sabunta daga 2009  ya lissafa nau'ikan nau'ikan da lambobin Guthrie a matsayin wani ɓangare na tarin Mijikenda:

 E72 – Arewa Mijikenda (Nyika)
 E72a – Giryama [nyf]
 E72b – Kauma
 E73c - Chonyi [coh]
 E73d - Duruma [dug]
 E73e – Rabai
 E73F – Jibana
 E72G – Kambe
 E72H - Riba
 E73-732 – Kudancin Mijikenda
 E73 - Digo
 E731 - Segeju [seg]
 E732 - Degree

Mutanen Degere sun kasance tsoffin mafarauta kamar Kushitic Waata, kuma an ce sun taɓa yin yaren Cushitic .

Ethnologue  ya jera rukunoni iri-iri:

 - Chonyi, Jibana
 [ dugu ] - Duruma
 [ da ] - Digo
 [ nyf ] – Giryama, Ribe, Kambe, Chwaka, Rabai, Kauma
 [ seg ] - Segeju

'Duruma' na Ethnologue na iya nufin abu ɗaya da na 'Degere' na Maho, kamar yadda Degere daban-daban aka ruwaito suna magana Duruma, Digo, ko makamancin yare nasu.

 Dannawa 
An ba da rahoton dannawa a cikin ra'ayoyin daga yaruka biyu na Mijikenda: Digo da Duruma. (Ba a san ko sun faru a cikin sauran ba.) Waɗannan tsya!  'zama!' da  'minti'. Ba a san ko waɗannan suna da wata alaƙa da harshen Kushitic da ke makwabtaka da Dahalo ba .

 Manazarta 

Hanyoyin hadi na Waje
 Walsh, MT (2006). "A Danna a Digo da Fassarar Tarihi", Azania, 41.
Category:Harsuna