Kanyok language

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Kanyok
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
(200,000 cited 1991) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kny
Glottolog kany1247
L.32 [2]

Kanyok (Kanioka) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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References

  1. Kanyok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online