Kituba language (Congo (Democratic Republic))
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found: Ethnologue 2009(Kituba; a language of Democratic Republic of the Congo; iso code: ktu; population: 4,200,000; alternate names: Kibulamatadi, Kikongo Commercial, Kikongo Simplifié, Kikongo Ya Leta, Kikongo-Kutuba, Kileta; dialects: Ikeleve, Western Kituba, Eastern Kituba. A creole based on the Kongo dialect spoken in Manianga area (Bas-Congo), but unintelligible to speakers of it or other Kongo dialects. Influenced by Lingala, French, restructured Swahili, Portuguese, and other local dialects. Kituba of Congo is closely related. Classification: Creole, Kongo based)
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1986-02-11: new
2010-02-19: revised
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