Kwami

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
ktf
Alternate Names
Kikwame, Kikwami, Kwame
User Population

400.

Location

Maniema and Nord-Kivu provinces: between Kasese and Walikale.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Lega-Holoholo (D.251)
Dialects

None known. Lexical similarity: 70% with Nyanga [nyj], 68% with Lega-Shabunda [lea], 66% with Kanu [khx] and Enya [gey], 61% with Mituku [zmq], 57% with Zimba [zmb], 55% with Bembe [bmb], 52% with Lega-Mwenga [lgm], 49% with Hunde [hke] and Shi [shr], 48% with Buyu [byi], 47% with Tembo [tmv], 46% with Nande [nnb], 41% with Lengola [lej], 34% with Komo [kmw].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kwami
Other Comments

More influence from Lega than from Komo.