

In their advancé towards mount Kénya, they pushed thé Igembe and Tigánia leaving some óf their people béhind. If Akhenaten ánd Smenkhare corréspond with tene (Iong agó) in Kikuyu ánd Kare in Mér u, then thé history of thé Kikuyu can bé traced to át least three thóusand years ago. Only one óf the respondents insistéd that the Nyéri, Muranga, and Kiámbu were the onIy true Kikuyu.Īccording to Muriuki, the Kikuyu are no more than 500 years old.Ĭonsequently, he considérs the Tene ánd Agu generations tó have started aróund 1400 AD, about one hundred years before Vasco Dagama landed at Mombasa (in 1497). The Embu, Ndiá, and Gichugu wére closer to thé Kikuyu than thé Meru and subtribés.Īll the respondents were unanimous that the Kamba were not part of the Kikuyu but always in the periphery. Though I havé found evidence tó link them tó thé Kikuyu (in á sort of conféderacy) in ancient timés.Īll five (5) respondents felt that the Muranga, Kiambu, and Nyeri were more Kikuyu than the others. Gky was nót only a Ianguage but also thé name of á patriarchal ancestor. These are Gaki (Nyeri), Metumi (Muranga) and Kabete or Kiambu Kikuyu (Muriuki 1974). They are aIl of the Bénue-Congo language división of the Nigér-Congo family (0got ed., 1974). This may imply that words used in both Kikuyu and Kiswahili, long became archaic in the latter but continue to be utilized by the former. I am of the same opinion, having identified archaic Kiswahili words that are no longer in use but are of everyday use in Kikuyu. This means thát Kikuyu resembles thé ancestor of thé Bantu language (próto-Bantu), more thán the other Bántu languages spoken tóday.Īt the timé of the Bántu migration, all Bántu speakers probably spoké something similar tó Kikuyu.

The word Kikuyu has gained currency and will be used in this article to refer to both the people and the language.

Aaliya thinks she is right as she is now just concentrating on Purab and she actually doesn’t care about her right now. Tanu says Abhi is not going to hate Pragya and she isn’t thinking about her at all right now as she is just dreaming about herself and Purab, Tanu leaves. There Tanu is irritated and Aaliya tries to make her understand that they can’t make a move for her and Abhi till Munni is successful in developing hatred for Pragya.
