Mituku

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
zmq
Alternate Names
Kinya-Mituku, Metoko
User Population

50,900 (2000).

Location

Tshopo province: Ubundu territory, west of Lualaba river.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Mbole-Enya (D.13)
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Mbole [mdq]. Lexical similarity: 67% with Enya [gey]; 55% with Lega-Shabunda [lea]; 50% with Nyanga [nyj], Lega-Mwengac [lgm], Bembe [bmb], Buyu [byi], and Zimba [zmb]; 40% with Lengola [lej].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mituku