Tiene language

Spoken in

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

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Tiene (also Kitiene, Kitiini and Tende ) is a Bantu language that is spoken by approximately 24,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It is distributed in the province of Bandundu to Bdldbd.

Classification

Tiene, together with the languages ​​Boma, Ding, Mfinu, Mpuono and Yansi the Yanzi group. After the classification of Malcolm Guthrie Tiene belongs to the Guthrie - area B80.

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