Ethnicity Konjo Glottolog konz1239 | ISO 639-3 koo | |
Native to Uganda and Democratic Republic of the Congo Native speakers 610,000 in Uganda (2002 census) Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu
Northeast Bantu
Great Lakes Bantu
Konzo (J.40)
Konzo | ||
The Konjo (Konzo) language, variously rendered Rukonjo, Olukonjo, Olukonzo and Lhukonzo, is a Bantu language spoken by the Konjo people of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has a 77% lexical similarity with Nande. There are many dialects, including Sanza (Ekisanza).
References
Konjo language (Bantu) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA