A Niger-Congo language and a Bantu member of the Benue-Congo family, spoken by over 4 million people in Kenya; also known as Kuyu, Gikuyu, Gigikuyu and Gekoyo.
Although there is probably a variety of dialects spread over, the three listed ones are Ndia (spoken in Kiambu), Gichugu (Muranga district) and Mathira (Nyeri district). All of the listed dialects are western.
The language is spelt in the Roman alphabet.
Kikuyu is a tonal language.
| Courses | |
| A Kikuyu Course | KIKUYU CBEG 1; KIKUYU CBEG 1:1-2(CD) |
| Dictionaries | |
| Modern Gikiuyu dictionary | KIKUYU DICO 1 |
| Webster's Kikuyu-English thesaurus dictionary | KIKUYU DICO 2 |
| Grammar | |
| First lessons in Kikuyu | KIKUYU GRAM 2 |
| Modern Kikuyu: a concise introduction to the language | KIKUYU GRAM 3 |
| Studies in Kikuyu grammar and idiom | KIKUYU GRAM 1 |
| Reading | |
| Am I small? : Nie ndi munini? | KIKUYU RFICT 1 |