Please find resources for learning at least some basics of the Kenyan
language Kimura.  Books, tapes, etc. are all fine, as would be web
pages.

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 26 Aug 2004 13:05 PDT

Are you certain about the name of the langage? Kimura is not among the
languages of Kenya in this list:

http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=Kenya

'Kimeru' is an alternate name for the language Meru. Could this be the
language that you want to learn?

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-kimeru.html

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Clarification of Question by ewanm-ga on 26 Aug 2004 13:26 PDT

My recollection (from the info packet of a child we've just started
sponsoring) was off - you're correct, Kimeru.

Please excuse the misspelling of the word 'language' as "langage' in
my remark above. My typing skills are not up to par today (nor,
apparently, are my proofreading skills).

If I can misspell my Q, you may certainly make a typo in the answer!

I believe you're correct - Kimeru.

Some info for you:

"Language: Meru (or Kimeru), which bears close resemblance to both
Kikuyu and Kamba. Dialects include Imenti, Igembe, Tigania, Miutini,
Igoji, and Mwimbi-Muthambi (two related dialects). The Imenti dialect
appears to be dominant."

http://www.bluegecko.org/kenya/tribes/meru/

I have not been able to find any tutorials on the Kimeru (Meru)
language. Here's a bit of info about the language:

http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/Meru_root.html

This service looks as if it might be worth investigating:

http://www.slf.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/email/stats-eng.html

Pinkfreud - 

 - thanks for the two links.  The first I had seen (and the bible
apppears to be the only book readily available in Kimeru, thus far!);
the second would bee great but, alas, no Kimeru speakers.

Tar Heel (I went to grad school at UVa, but I'll forgive you ;) ) -
thanks also for your link, which I had not previously seen and which
has some helpful info on Kenya (if not the language).