Mvuba language

Mvuba language
Mvuba
Spoken in Congo (DRC), Uganda
Native speakers 6,000  (2000)
Language family
Nilo-Saharan?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mxh

Mvuba is a Central Sudanic language of northeastern Congo, with a thousand speakers in Uganda. It is similar to Lese.


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