Sakata language

Sakata
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethnicity	Sakata people
Native speakers	(75,000 cited 1982) [1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bangi–Ntomba (C.30) Sakata
Dialects	Sakata proper Djia Bai Tuku
Language codes
ISO 639-3	skt
Glottolog	saka1287
Guthrie code	C.34 [2]

Sakata is a Bantu dialect cluster of DR Congo. The dialects are rather divergent: Sakata proper, Djia (Wadia), Bai (Kibay), Tuku (Ketu, Batow).

According to Glottolog, it may be one of the Teke languages.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

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