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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Democratic Republic of the Congo > Havu

Havu

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3hav

Population  506,000 (2002).
Region  Sud-Kivu Province, Kalehe Territory.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names   Haavu, Kihavu
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 70% with Shi [shr].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Shi-Havu (J.50)
Language use  Also use Shi [shr].