Tiene (language)
| Tiene | ||
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Spoken in |
Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| speaker | 24,500 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Tiene (also Kitiene, Kitiini and Tende) is a Bantu language spoken by around 24,500 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
It is widespread in the province of Bandundu around Bolobo .
classification
Tiene forms the Yanzi group with the languages Boma , Ding , Mfinu , Mpuono and Yansi . According to the classification of Malcolm Guthrie , Tiene belongs to the Guthrie zone B80.