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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Alternate Names

Eso, Gesogo, Heso, Soa, Soko

User Population

6,000 (Welmers 1971a).

Tshopo province: north of Basoko.

Language Maps

Northern Democratic Republic of Congo

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Soko-Kele (C.52)

Also use Lingala [lin].

Language Development

NT: 1920.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about So

Latin script [Latn].