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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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