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Sakata language

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Sakata
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
EthnicitySakata people
Native speakers
(75,000 cited 1982)[1]
Dialects
  • Sakata proper
  • Djia
  • Bai
  • Tuku
Language codes
ISO 639-3skt
Glottologsaka1287
C.34[2]

Sakata is a Bantu dialect cluster of DR Congo. The dialects are rather divergent: Sakata proper, Djia (Wadia), Bai (Kibay), Tuku (Ketu, Batow).

According to Glottolog, it may be one of the Teke languages.[citation needed]

References

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