Kota (language, Gabon)
| Kota | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Spoken in |
Gabon , Republic of the Congo | |
| speaker | 43,460 | |
| Linguistic classification |
||
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
- |
|
| ISO 639 -2 |
- |
|
| ISO 639-3 | ||
Kota (also Ikota, Ikuta and Kotu) is a Bantu language and is spoken by around 43,460 people in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo (2000 census).
It is widespread in Gabon in the province of Ogooué-Ivindo with around 34,400 speakers and in the Republic of the Congo in the regions of Cuvette and Sangha with around 9060 speakers.
Kota is written in the Latin script .
classification
Kota is a northwest Bantu language and belongs to the Kele group , which is classified as Guthrie Zone B20. Kota has several dialects.