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Lombo language

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Lombo
Native toRepublic of Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo
RegionIsangi
EthnicityTurumbu people
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1971)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3loo
Glottologlomb1260
C.54[2]

The Lombo language (also called Olombo, Turumbu, Ulumbu) is in the Kele language group of Bantu languages. It is spoken by the Turumbu people of the Tshopo District, Isangi Territory, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Lombo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online