Tiene language
Bantu language spoken in DR Congo
Tiene
Tende
Native to
DR Congo
Native speakers
(24,000 cited 1977)
[
1
]
Language family
Niger–Congo
?
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
(
Zone B
)
Teke
(B.70)
(previously
Tiene-Yanzi
, B.80)
Tiene
Language codes
ISO 639-3
tii
Glottolog
tien1242
Guthrie code
B.81
[
2
]
Tiene
(Tiini), or
Tende
, is a
Bantu language
of the
Democratic Republic of Congo
.
^
Tiene
at
Ethnologue
(18th ed., 2015)
(subscription required)
^
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009.
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