Nkutu
Encyclopedia
Nkutu is a Bantu
language of northern Kasai-Oriental
Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
. Local dialects include Elembe, Hamba, Lokalo (Kalo), Kongola-Meno, Ngongo, and Saka (Losaka). It is a member of the Tetela family
of Bantu languages and is closely related to Tetela
, Kela, Kusu, and Yela.
Bantu languages
The Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...
language of northern Kasai-Oriental
Kasai-Oriental
Kasai-Oriental is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It borders the provinces of Kasai-Occidental to the west, Équateur to the northwest, Orientale to the northeast, Maniema to the east, and Katanga to the south. Kasai-Oriental is one of the richest diamond producing...
Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
. Local dialects include Elembe, Hamba, Lokalo (Kalo), Kongola-Meno, Ngongo, and Saka (Losaka). It is a member of the Tetela family
Tetela languages
The Tetela languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone C.70 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson , together with C.81 Dengese and C.89, the Shuwa "dialect" of Bushoong, the languages form a valid node. They are:...
of Bantu languages and is closely related to Tetela
Tetela language
Tetela , also Sungu, is a Bantu language of northern Kasai-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a member of the Tetela family of Bantu languages and is closely related to Nkutu, Kusu, and Yela....
, Kela, Kusu, and Yela.