Kukuya language
Bantu language spoken in DR Congo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Kukuya language (Papua New Guinea).
The Kukuya language, Kikukuya [kìkýkȳā], also transcribed Kukẅa and known as Southern Teke, is a member of the Teke dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau. It is the only language known to have a phonemic labiodental nasal /ɱ/. The name of the language comes from the word kuya "plateau".
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Kukuya | |
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Southern Teke | |
Native to | Republic of the Congo |
Region | Plateaux Department |
Native speakers | 39,000 (2000)[1] |
unwritten | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kkw |
Glottolog | teke1280 |
B.77a [2] | |
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