Punu language

For the Punu of China, see Bunu languages and Bu-Nao language.

Punu
Yipunu
Native to	Gabon, Republic of Congo
Ethnicity	Bapunu, Babongo Pygmies
Native speakers	160,000 (2000—2007)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Sira (B.40) Punu
Dialects	?Rimba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`puu`
Glottolog	`punu1239`^[2]
Guthrie code	`B.43`^[3]

Punu is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Republic of Congo. Irimba is classified as a dialect, but may be relexified from a non-Bantu source.

References

↑ Punu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Punu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

Languages of Gabon

Official	French (Standard)

National	Fang

Indigenous	Baka Barama Bekwel Benga Bube Bwisi Duma Fang Kande Kaningi Kili iKota Lumbu Mahongwe Mbama Mbangwe Mbere Myene (several dialects) Ndasa Ndumu Ngom Njebi Pinji Punu Sake Sangu Seki Sighu Simba Sira AKA Eshira Northern Teke Western Teke Tsaangi Tsogo Vili Vumbu Wandji Wumbvu Yasa