Kota language (Gabon)

Kota, or iKota, is a Bantu language spoken by the Bakota people. It is spoken in northeastern Gabon, Ogooué-Ivindo Province and in some areas of Republic of Congo. According to Ethnologue there are 34,442 Kota speakers in Gabon and 9,055 in the Republic of Congo.^[3]

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Kota
iKota
Native to	Gabon, Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	34,000 (2000–2007)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Kele (b. 20) Kota
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`koq`
Glottolog	`kota1274`
Guthrie code	`B.25`^[2]
ELP	Kota (Gabon)

Kota includes several dialects, which include: Ndambomo, Mahongwe, Ikota-la-hua, Sake, Menzambi, Bougom.

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

Consonants^[4]
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	tʃ dʒ	k
Prenasalized	ᵐp ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑg
Fricative	f	s z			h
Nasal	m	n	ɲ
Approximant	w	l	j

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Vowels^[4]
	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Mid-high	e eː		o oː
Mid-low	ɛ ɛː		ɔ ɔ̃ ɔː
Low		a ã aː

Kota also has two tones;^[4] high and low.

[1]
Kota at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
[2]
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
[3]
Ethnologue report
[4]
Magnana Ekoukou, Brunelle (2015). Description de l’Ikota (B25), langue bantu du Gabon. Implémentation de la morphosyntaxe et de la syntaxe (Thesis) (in French). Université d’Orléans.

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Quick Facts Native to, Native speakers ...

Kota
iKota
Native to	Gabon, Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	34,000 (2000–2007)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Kele (b. 20) Kota
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`koq`
Glottolog	`kota1274`
Guthrie code	`B.25`^[2]
ELP	Kota (Gabon)

Kota includes several dialects, which include: Ndambomo, Mahongwe, Ikota-la-hua, Sake, Menzambi, Bougom.

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

Consonants^[4]
	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p b	t d	tʃ dʒ	k
Prenasalized	ᵐp ᵐb	ⁿd		ᵑg
Fricative	f	s z			h
Nasal	m	n	ɲ
Approximant	w	l	j

More information Front, Central ...

Vowels^[4]
	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
Mid-high	e eː		o oː
Mid-low	ɛ ɛː		ɔ ɔ̃ ɔː
Low		a ã aː

Kota also has two tones;^[4] high and low.

[1]
Kota at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
[2]
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
[3]
Ethnologue report
[4]
Magnana Ekoukou, Brunelle (2015). Description de l’Ikota (B25), langue bantu du Gabon. Implémentation de la morphosyntaxe et de la syntaxe (Thesis) (in French). Université d’Orléans.

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