Kwese language

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Kwese
Kikwese
Native to Democratic Republic of Congo
Region Bandundu Province
Native speakers
(undated figure of 60,000) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kws
Glottolog kwes1244
L.13 [2]

Kwese is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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References

  1. Kwese at Ethnologue (8th ed., 1974). Note: Data may come from an earlier edition.
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online