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

Mituku

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3zmq

Population  50,900 (2000).
Region  Orientale Province, Ubundu Territory, west of Lualaba River.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names   Kinya-Mituku, Metoko
Dialects  Similar to Mbole [mdq]. Lexical similarity: 67% with Enya [gey], 55% with Lega-Shabunda [lea], 50% with Nyanga [nyj], Lega-Mwengac [lgm], Bembe [bmb], Buyu [byi], and Zimba [zmb], 40% with Lengola [lej].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Enya (D.10)