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

Kpala

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3kpl

Population  3,000 (1986 SIL).
Region  Equateur Province, Libenge and Bosobolo territories scattered.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names   Gbakpwa, Kpwaala, Kwala
Dialects  Similar to Monzombo [moj].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Sere-Ngbaka-Mba, Ngbaka-Mba, Ngbaka, Western, Monzombo
Language use  Vigorous. Also use Lingala [lin].
Comments  Different from Kpala which is a dialect of Gbaya [krs] of Sudan.