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

So

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3soc

Population  6,000 (Welmers 1971).
Region  Orientale Province, north of Basoko.
Language maps  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names   Eso, Gesogo, Heso, Soa, Soko
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Kele (C.60)
Language development  NT: 1920.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Distinct from So [sox] of Cameroon. May also be in Uganda.