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Vanuma language

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Vanuma
South Nyali
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionIturi Province
Native speakers
(6,700 cited 1993)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3vau
Glottologvanu1242
D.331[2]

Vanuma (Bvanuma), or South Nyali, is a minor Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is lexically similar to Ndaka and Budu, Mbo, and Nyali.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Vanuma at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ "Mbo". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2011-10-13.