Holu language

This article is about the Holo language of Angola and Congo-Kinshasa. For the Holo language of Taiwan, see Min Nan language.
Holu
Kiholo
Native to Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo
Native speakers
32,000 (ca. 2000)[1]
Dialects
Holu
Yeci
Samba
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
hol  Holu, Yeci
smx  Samba
Glottolog holu1245  (Holu)[2]
samb1309  (Samba)[3]
L.12 (H.33)[4]

Holo is a Bantu language of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Yeci and Samba may be separate languages.

References

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


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