Loki dialect
Loki | |
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Boloki | |
Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 4,200)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bkt |
Glottolog | bolo1262 |
C.36e [2] | |
ELP | Boloki |
Loki (Boloki), or Ruki, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is very close to Lingala. The Boloki (Baloki) people are named after the Ruki River; they live on either side of the Congo River where the Ruki joins it.
References
[edit]- ^ Loki at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online