Kango
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Population | 5,900 (2002). |
| Region | Orientale Province, Bas-Uélé District, Uélé River banks and tributaries. |
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Northern Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Alternate names | Likango |
| Dialects | Bomokandi, Uélé. Lexical similarity: 70%–75% with Pagibete [pae], 66% with Ngelima [agh], 75%–80% with Bwa [bww], 60% with Lika [lik]. The Bomokandi dialect has 60%–65% with Bwa [bww] and Pagibete [pae], 68% with Lika [lik], 58% with Ngelima [agh]. Both dialects have 50% with Bali [bcp] and Komo [kmw]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Ngombe (C.50) |
| Comments | Said to be a pidginized language. It may be a cover term for a variety of dialects spoken by fishermen, called ‘Bakango’. Different from Kango [kzy], a pygmy language spoken among the Bali. The Ngombe group is sometimes called Bantu C.40 rather than C.50. Fishermen. |
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