Kaiku
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Population | 13,000 (2002). |
| Region | Orientale Province, Ituri District, Mambasa Territory, Babombi Collectivité. |
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Northern Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Alternate names | Ikaiku, Kaiko |
| Dialects | Most similar to Bila [bip], Bhele [bhy]. Lexical similarity: 80% with Bhele and Bila, 70% with Komo [kmw], 56% with Bera [brf], 20%–25% with Mbo [zmw], Ndaka [ndk], and Budu [buu]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Bira-Huku (D.30) |
| Comments | The people are considered Bila. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
WIT, Gert de, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 1: Bira-Huku group of Bantu.
WIT-HASSELAAR, Alie de, author. 1995. "Bira - Huku wordlists."
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