Yaren Kikuyu

**Gikuyu:** ko **Gikuyu** (Gikuyu) (wanda aka fi sani da shi) yare ne na Bantu da Gikuyuyu (Agikuyu) na Kenya ke magana. Ana magana da Kikuyu galibi a yankin tsakanin Nyeri, Nairobi da Nakuru. Mutanen Kikuyu yawanci suna gano ƙasashensu ta hanyar tsaunuka da ke kewaye da su a Tsakiyar Kenya, gami da Dutsen Kenya, wanda suke kira K__ssw____ssw____sw____ssw____sswa . 

## Harsuna

Kikuyu yana da manyan yaruka huɗu da za a iya fahimtar juna. Gundumomin Lardin Tsakiya sun kasu tare da iyakokin gargajiya na waɗannan yarukan, waɗanda sune K__ssw____ssw____sw____ssw____sswa, Mũrang'a, Nyeri da Kiambu.

Kikuyu daga Khunya sun hada da manyan ƙananan harsuna guda biyu - Ndia da Gichugu waɗanda ke magana da yarukan Kĩndia da__tir____tir____tir__ . Gicugus da Ndias ba su da sauti na "ch" ko "sh" (kamar yadda yake a Mũrang'a) kuma za su yi amfani da sauti na ""s" a maimakon haka (Kikuyu ba shi da harafin S), saboda haka furcin "Gĩcũ artisti" kamar yadda ya saba da "Gĩchũ artisti". Don jin ana magana da Ndia, ana buƙatar mutum ya kasance a Kerugoya, birni mafi girma a cikin Kirinyaga County. Sauran garuruwan gida na Ndia, inda ake magana da nau'ikan "tsarkakewa" na yaren, suna cikin yankunan shuka shayi na Kagumo, Baricho, Kagio, da tuddan Kangaita. Ƙananan tuddai shine Kutus, wanda gari ne mai cike da tasiri da yawa daga sauran yaruka wanda yake da wahala a rarrabe tsakanin su. Har ila yau, yaren yana da yawa a yankin shinkafa na Mwea.

Ana iya jin alamu na sauti na yaren Gichũ yu (wanda ke sauti kamar Meru ko Embu, yarukan 'yar'uwa ga Kikuyu) a yankunan da ke shuka kofi na Kianyaga, G__ilo____ilo____ilo__, Kathri, Marigiti. Gichugu suna sauyawa cikin sauƙi zuwa wasu yarukan Kikuyu yayin tattaunawa da sauran Kikuyu.

## Fasahar sauti
Alamomin da aka nuna a cikin parentheses sune waɗanda aka yi amfani da su a cikin orthography.

### Sautin sautin

### Sautin da aka yi amfani da shi

Sau da yawa ana furta ƙwayoyin da aka yi amfani da su ba tare da ƙaddamarwa ba, don haka  ana gane su a matsayin [b dʒ ɡ].

### Sauti
Kikuyu yana  sautunan matakin biyu (babban da ƙananan), sautin da ke tashi, da sauka.

## Harshen harshe
Tsarin kalma na canonical na Gikuyuyu shine SVO (subject-verb-object). Yana amfani  prepositions maimakon postpositions, kuma adjectives suna bin sunaye.

## Harshen haruffa
An rubuta Kikuyu a cikin haruffa na Latin. Ba ya amfani da haruffa *l f p q s v x z*, kuma yana ƙara haruffa ĩ da ũ. Harshen Kikuyu shine:

: **a b c d e g h i ĩ j k m n o r t u ũ w y**

Wasu sautuna suna wakiltar digraphs kamar **ng** don velar nasal  .

## Misalai na samfurori

## Rubutun samfurin

## Littattafai
Akwai sanannun wallafe-wallafen da aka rubuta a cikin harshen Kikuyu. Misali, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's Mũrogi wa Kagogo (Wizard of the Crow) shine littafi mafi tsawo da aka sani da aka rubuta a Kikuyu. Sauran marubutan da ke rubutawa a cikin Kikuyu sune Gatua wa Mbũgwa da Waith pay wa Mbuthia . Mbuthia ya wallafa ayyuka daban-daban a cikin nau'o'i daban-daban - litattafai, shayari, labarun yara da fassarori - a cikin Kikuyu. Marigayi Wahome Mutahi kuma wani lokacin ya rubuta a Kikuyu. Har ila yau, Gakaara wa Wanjaũ ya rubuta sanannen littafinsa, Mau Mau Author in Detention, wanda ya lashe Kyautar Noma a shekarar 1984.

## A cikin al'adun gargajiya
cikin fim din 1983 Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, halin Nien Nunb yana magana a cikin harshen Kikuyu.

2023, *Mwaki*, ta DJ na Brazil,  [pt], ta ƙunshi ɗan wasan Kenya, Sofiya Nzau, tana raira waƙa a Kikuyu . 

## Manazarta

## Bayanan littattafai
 

## Haɗin waje

* Robert Englebretson (ed.), "A Basic Sketch Grammar of Gikuyu", 2015.
* Harshen Gikuyu da furcin a Omniglot*Hanyar da ba ta da kyau*
* Albarkatun Harshe na Afirka
* ''Muigwithania 2.0 - Jaridar Kikuyu ta farko da aka farfado akan Intanet''
* Shafin PanAfrican L10n akan Gikuyu
* Shafin yanar gizon Gikuyu
* Gikuyuyu Harshe Page (Wiki da aka kirkira ta hanyar Hanyar Harshe a UMass Amherst) 
* Darasi na farko a cikin Kikuyu (vol. 1; duba ref. don v2 & v3) 
* Ka'idar Gikuyu ta Farko