Chonyi language

Chonyi (Chonyi, Kichonyi, Chichonyi) is a Bantu language spoken along the eastern coast of Kenya in Kilifi County by the Chonyi people. It is part of the Mijikenda dialect cluster.

Chonyi
"Chichonyi"
Native to	Kenya
Region	Kilifi County
Ethnicity	Chonyi people
Native speakers	310,000 (2019)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Coast Bantu Mijikenda Chonyi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	coh
Glottolog	chon1287
Guthrie code	E72c[2]

In 2019, there were an estimated 310,000 speakers.^[1] Of these, 39,000 spoke the Jibana dialect (Chidzihana) and 71,000 the Kauma dialect (Chikauma).^[1]