Kobo language

Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kobo
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionIkobo, Nord-Kivu province
Native speakers
50,000 (2014)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3okc
GlottologNone

Kobo is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is approximately equidistant between Nande and Hunde, but isn't intelligible with either.

Writing system

Kobo alphabet[2]
a b e f g h i ɨ k l m mb n nd ng
nv ny nz o p r s sh t th ts u ʉ w y

References

  1. ^ Kobo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ SIL International Literacy Department 2019.

Works cited

  • SIL International Literacy Department (2019). "Olʉfabe lwékɨkobo - alphabet kɨkobo" (in Kobo and French).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • v
  • t
  • e
Official language
  • French
National languagesIndigenous
languages
(by province)
Bandundu
Équateur
Kasai-Occidental
Kasai-Oriental
Katanga
Kinshasa
Maniema
Nord-Kivu
Orientale
Sud-Kivu
Sign languages
  • v
  • t
  • e
Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M) (by Guthrie classification)
Zone J*
[J]D40
[J]D50
[J]D60
[J]E10
[J]E20
[J]E30
[J]E40
[J]F20
Zone K
K10
K20
K30
K40
Zone L
L10
L20
L30
L40
L50
L60
Zone M
M10
M20
M30
M40
M50
M60
  • Italics indicate extinct languages.
  • Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.
  • The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.
Narrow Bantu languages by Guthrie classification zone templates
Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)
Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones C–D)
Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)
Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones J–M)
Template:Narrow Bantu languages (Zones N–S)


Stub icon

This Bantu language-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e