Native to DR Congo ISO 639-3 hoo Guthrie code D.28 | Native speakers 16,000 (2002) Glottolog holo1240 | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu?
Takama?
Holoholo | ||
Holoholo is a Bantu language of DR Congo and formerly in Tanzania spoken by the Holoholo people on either side of Lake Tanganyika. Classification is uncertain, but it may belong with the Takama group (Nurse 2003:169).
Maho (2009) classifies D281 Tumbwe (Etumbwe) and D282 Lumbwe as closest to Holoholo. Neither has an ISO code.
References
Holoholo language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA