Kikuyu language

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Kikuyu language

Quality:

Gikuyu - Bantu language in Kenya. Article “Kikuyu language” in Simple English Wikipedia has 7.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 0.84 points.

This article has the best quality in Portuguese Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Kikuyu language”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 524 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 8 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1432 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #2196 in May 2026
  • Global: #21783 in January 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #46910 in May 2026
  • Global: #166043 in January 2020

There are 34 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Portuguese (pt)
Língua quicuia
99.2706
2Japanese (ja)
キクユ語
53.2694
3Estonian (et)
Kikuju keel
37.4067
4Indonesian (id)
Bahasa Kikuyu
35.7603
5English (en)
Kikuyu language
34.9785
6Chinese (zh)
基庫尤語
34.002
7Malay (ms)
Bahasa Kikuyu
26.9629
8Norwegian (Nynorsk) (nn)
Kikuyu
25.7637
9Armenian (hy)
Կիկույու
23.9681
10Catalan (ca)
Kikuiu
23.8654
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Kikuyu language" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Kikuyu language
702 974
2German (de)
Kikuyu (Sprache)
59 404
3Polish (pl)
Język kikuju
49 116
4Japanese (ja)
キクユ語
40 286
5Russian (ru)
Кикуйю (язык)
38 703
6French (fr)
Kikuyu (langue)
34 982
7Spanish (es)
Idioma kikuyu
27 108
8Portuguese (pt)
Língua quicuia
24 972
9Esperanto (eo)
Kikuja lingvo
16 495
10Italian (it)
Lingua gikuyu
14 790
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Kikuyu language" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Kikuyu language
2 445
2Japanese (ja)
キクユ語
231
3Chinese (zh)
基庫尤語
147
4Portuguese (pt)
Língua quicuia
142
5French (fr)
Kikuyu (langue)
133
6Russian (ru)
Кикуйю (язык)
120
7German (de)
Kikuyu (Sprache)
102
8Spanish (es)
Idioma kikuyu
100
9Italian (it)
Lingua gikuyu
90
10Polish (pl)
Język kikuju
59
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Kikuyu language" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Kikuyu language
164
2German (de)
Kikuyu (Sprache)
68
3French (fr)
Kikuyu (langue)
58
4Russian (ru)
Кикуйю (язык)
28
5Italian (it)
Lingua gikuyu
23
6Dutch (nl)
Gikuyu (taal)
18
7Esperanto (eo)
Kikuja lingvo
16
8Japanese (ja)
キクユ語
15
9Ukrainian (uk)
Кікую (мова)
13
10Spanish (es)
Idioma kikuyu
12
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Kikuyu language" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Arabic (ar)
لغة كيكويو
0
2Catalan (ca)
Kikuiu
0
3Czech (cs)
Kikujština
0
4German (de)
Kikuyu (Sprache)
0
5English (en)
Kikuyu language
0
6Esperanto (eo)
Kikuja lingvo
0
7Spanish (es)
Idioma kikuyu
0
8Estonian (et)
Kikuju keel
0
9Basque (eu)
Kikuyu (hizkuntza)
0
10Persian (fa)
زبان کیکویو
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Kikuyu language" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Kikuyu language
392
2Polish (pl)
Język kikuju
176
3Portuguese (pt)
Língua quicuia
145
4Ukrainian (uk)
Кікую (мова)
97
5French (fr)
Kikuyu (langue)
75
6Russian (ru)
Кикуйю (язык)
66
7Japanese (ja)
キクユ語
65
8German (de)
Kikuyu (Sprache)
39
9Catalan (ca)
Kikuiu
34
10Korean (ko)
키쿠유어
32
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in all years:
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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
لغة كيكويو
caCatalan
Kikuiu
csCzech
Kikujština
deGerman
Kikuyu (Sprache)
enEnglish
Kikuyu language
eoEsperanto
Kikuja lingvo
esSpanish
Idioma kikuyu
etEstonian
Kikuju keel
euBasque
Kikuyu (hizkuntza)
faPersian
زبان کیکویو
fiFinnish
Kikujun kieli
frFrench
Kikuyu (langue)
glGalician
Lingua kikuyu
hyArmenian
Կիկույու
idIndonesian
Bahasa Kikuyu
itItalian
Lingua gikuyu
jaJapanese
キクユ語
koKorean
키쿠유어
ltLithuanian
Kikujų kalba
msMalay
Bahasa Kikuyu
nlDutch
Gikuyu (taal)
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Kikuyu
noNorwegian
Kikuyu (språk)
plPolish
Język kikuju
ptPortuguese
Língua quicuia
ruRussian
Кикуйю (язык)
simpleSimple English
Kikuyu language
skSlovak
Kikujčina
svSwedish
Kikuyu (språk)
taTamil
கிகுயு மொழி
trTurkish
Kikuyu dili
ukUkrainian
Кікую (мова)
viVietnamese
Tiếng Kikuyu
zhChinese
基庫尤語

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#46910
05.2026
Global:
#166043
01.2020

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#2196
05.2026
Global:
#21783
01.2013

Local AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Gikuyu from Wikipedia articles about Kikuyu people, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongo, Languages of Kenya, Mwaki and Kenya. Whereas reading the article about Gikuyu people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Kikuyu people, Bantu, Kenya, List of Star Wars original trilogy characters and Central Province.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

ca: Kikuiu
nn: Kikuyu

News from 16 March 2026

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