Kitharaka also known as Saraka or Tharaka or Sharoka or Atharaka is a language spoken in Embu, Meru, and Tharaka-Nithi counties in Kenya.
Kitharaka language has approximately 300,000 native speakers.
The language has 4 dialects; Gatue, Igoki, Ntugi and Thagicu.
Some consider It a dialect of the Kimeru language.
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