Kwango-Kwilu languages

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The Kwango-Kwilu languages are a subgroup of Bantu languages spoken primarily in the Kwango and Kwilu river regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring areas.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kwango-Kwilu languages canonical 1
L20 Sanga-Kaonde languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language subgroup
language group
areClassifiedAs part of Western Bantu
areClassifiedBy Malcolm Guthrie
areRelatedTo Kongo languages
Teke languages
areSpokenBy Bantu peoples of the Kwango region
Bantu peoples of the Kwilu region
ethnic Suku people
ethnic Yaka people
various smaller ethnic groups in southwestern DRC
areUsedFor daily communication
local trade
traditional cultural practices
hasGeographicDistribution areas neighboring the Kwango and Kwilu rivers
southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
hasGlottologCode kwan1273
hasGlottologName Kwango-Kwilu
hasMember Hungana language
Lele language (Bantu H.13)
Mbangala language
Mbuun language
Mfinu language
Mfununga language
linked to: Mfinu language

Mpiin language
Mpiin-Mfinu cluster
Ngongo language
Pindi language
Sonde language
Suku language
Tsong language
Yaka language
linked to: Yaka languages

Yaka-Suku cluster
Yans language
languageFamily Bantu
linked to: Bantu languages

Niger-Congo
partOf Guthrie Bantu Zone H
linked to: Bantu zone H
spokenIn Central Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kwango River region
Kwilu River region
linked to: Ubangi River region
subclassOf Bantu languages
Benue-Congo languages
Niger-Congo languages
Southern Bantoid languages
linked to: Southern Bantoid
typologically tonal languages

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Bantu languages hasSubgroup Kwango-Kwilu languages
Bantu zone L hasSubgroup L20 Sanga-Kaonde languages
linked to: Kwango-Kwilu languages