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EMBU [3 records]

Record 1 2021-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
Universal entry(ies)
KE-06
classification system code, see observation
OBS

A county of Kenya.

OBS

KE-06: code recognized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
KE-06
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Comté du Kenya.

OBS

KE-06 : code reconnu par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
DEF

A Niger-Kordofanian language

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
DEF

Langue nigéro-kordofanienne

Spanish

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Record 3 1982-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inhabitant Names and Names of Peoples
OBS

The smaller tribes to their northeast, the Meru (about 440,000) and Embu (about 96,000), and the Kamba (q.v.; about 930,000) to their east, have similar cultures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms d’habitants et noms de peuples
OBS

Probablement à cause de leur faible population, les "Embus" ne sont pas cités dans les grandes encyclopédies. Cependant, tout comme on écrit, les "Merus" et les "Kambas", la terminologue propose les "Embus".

Key term(s)
  • Embu

Spanish

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