Vanuma language

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Vanuma
South Nyali
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region Ituri Province
Native speakers
(6,700 cited 1993) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 vau
Glottolog vanu1242
D.331 [2]

Vanuma (Bvanuma), or South Nyali, is a minor Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is lexically similar to Ndaka and Budu, Mbo, and Nyali. [3]

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References

  1. Vanuma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. "Mbo". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2011-10-13.