Chonyi language

{{Short description|Bantu language of Kenya}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Chonyi

| nativename = "Chichonyi"

| states = Kenya

| region = Kilifi County

| ethnicity = Chonyi people

| speakers = {{sigfig|309,000|2}}

| date = 2019

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Niger-Congo

| fam1 = Niger–Congo

| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo

| fam3 = Benue–Congo

| fam4 = Bantoid

| fam5 = Bantu

| fam6 = Northeast Coast Bantu

| fam7 = Mijikenda

| iso3 = coh

| guthrie = E72c

| glotto = chon1287

| glottorefname=Chonyi-Dzihana-Kauma

}}

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.

In 2019, there were an estimated {{sigfig|309,000|2}} speakers. Of these, {{sigfig|38,500|2}} spoke the Jibana dialect (Chidzihana) and {{sigfig|71,100|2}} the Kauma dialect (Chikauma).