Sira languages
The Sira languages are a language group within Guthrie Zone B of the Bantu languages . It is classified as Zone B40 and contains seven individual languages that are spoken by a total of around 128,000 people in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo .
The individual languages are:
- Barama , about 6000 speakers in Gabon
- Bwisi , around 4200 speakers in the Republic of the Congo and Gabon
- Lumbu , around 22,700 speakers in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo
- Punu , about 132,000 speakers in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo
- Sangu , about 21,000 speakers in Gabon
- Sira , around 39,400 speakers in Gabon
- Vumbu , about 2400 speakers in Gabon