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Mpuono language

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Native to
  
DR Congo

ISO 639-3
  
zmp

Guthrie code
  
B.84 (ex-B.84a,84b,87)

Native speakers
  
(165,000 cited 1972)

Glottolog
  
mpuo1241

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Teke (B.70) (traditionally Tiene–Yanzi, B.80) Mpuono

Mpuono, or Mpuun, is a Bantu language spoken by several hundred thousand people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dialects include Mpuono, Mpuun (Mbuun, Kimbuun, Gimbunda).

References

Mpuono language Wikipedia