Punu language
Bantu language of Gabon and the Republic of Congo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yipunu also known as Yisira is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Gabon and the Republic of Congo by several thousand people, mainly of the Punu and Ghisir ethnic groups, the largest of the four major ethnic groups in Gabon. Yipunu has about 120 thousand native speakers, mainly from the southern Region, including 8 thousand speakers in southern French Congo. It is classified as B.43 in the Guthrie classification.
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Punu | |
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Yipunu | |
Native to | Gabon, Republic of Congo |
Region | Central Africa |
Ethnicity | Punu |
Native speakers | 166,000 (2007)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | puu |
Glottolog | punu1239 |
B.43 [2] |
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