Foto language
Not to be confused with Foto dialect of Ngwe.
| Foto | |
|---|---|
| Bafoto | |
| Native to | DR Congo |
Native speakers | (no estimate available) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
None (mis) |
| Glottolog |
bafo1235[1] |
C.611[2] | |
Foto (Bafoto) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Guthrie classified it close to Mongo. However, Mongo and its closest relatives were split between the Bangi–Ntomba and Soko–Kele branches of Bantu in Nurse (2003), and it is not clear where Foto belongs.
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bafoto". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online