Fuumu language
Bantu language spoken in Congo
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Native to | Congo |
Region | Malebo Pool |
Native speakers | 8,200 (2000)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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ISO 639-3 | ifm |
Glottolog | teke1274 |
B.77b,78 [2] |
Fuumu is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau. The two dialects, Fuumu (Ifuumu) and Wuumu (Iwuumu), are sometimes considered separate languages. They are sometimes considered part of South Teke.
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- Italics indicate extinct languages.
- Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
- The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
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