Wumbvu
| Wumbvu | ||
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Spoken in |
Gabon , Republic of the Congo | |
| speaker | 18,300 | |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Wumbvu (also Wumvu) is a Bantu language and is spoken by around 18,300 people in Gabon (2000 census) and a few in the Republic of the Congo .
It is common in Gabon in the province of Ngounié in the department of Louetsi-Wano and in the Republic of the Congo in the region of Niari in the border area with Gabon.
classification
Wumbvu is a Northwest Bantu language and belongs to the Kele group , which is classified as a Guthrie Zone B20.