Kaning'i language

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Kaning'i
Lekaningi
Native to	Gabon
Ethnicity	Kaningi, Bongo pygmies
Native speakers	6,000 (1990)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Mbete languages (B.60) Kaning'i
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`kzo`
Guthrie code	`B.602`^[2]

Kaningi (Kaning'i) is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon. Speakers live in villages scattered among other peoples; the Bongo pygmies speak a distinct dialect.

References

↑ Kaning'i reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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