Punu language

Spoken in

  • Niger - Congo languages Benue - Congo languages Bantoide languages Bantu languages punu

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Puu

Punu (also Ipounou, Ipunu, Pouno, Puno, Yipounou and Yipunu ) is a Bantu language and is spoken by the approximately 132 060 Bapunu in Gabon and the Republic of Congo ( census 2000).

It is widespread in Gabon in the provinces of Nyanga and Ngounié in the area around Ndende and Tchibanga with about 123,000 speakers, and in the Republic of Congo in the Niari region on the border with Gabon with about 9060 speakers.

Punu is written in the Latin script.

Classification

Punu is a Northwest Bantu language and is part of the Sira Group, which is classified as Guthrie Zone B40.

Language family Punu people Sira languages Malcolm Guthrie Barama language Bwisi language Lumbu language Sangu language (Gabon) Shira language Vumbu language
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