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Loki dialect

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ISO 639-3
  
bkt

Guthrie code
  
C.36e

Glottolog
  
bolo1262

Native speakers
  
(undated figure of 4,200)

Language family
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Zamba–BinzaLosengoLoki

Loki (Boloki), or Ruki, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is very close to Lingala. The Boloki (Baloki) people are named after the Ruki River; they live on either side of the Congo River where the Ruki joins it.

References

Loki dialect Wikipedia


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