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Vanuma

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3: vau

Population	6,700 (1993 SIL).
Region	Orientale Province, Ituri District, Irumu Territory, Tchabi Collectivité.
Language map	Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names	Bambutuku, Bvanuma, Livanuma
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 85% with Nyali [nlj], 75% with Budu [buu], Ndaka [ndk] and Mbo [mbo], 76% with Bila [bip].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Bira-Huku (D.30)
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 30%.

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."

WIT-HASSELAAR, Alie de, author. 1995. "Vanuma survey report."