Asoa, also known as ''Asua, Asuae, Asuati,'' or ''Aka,'' is a
Central Sudanic language
Central Sudanic is a family of about sixty languages that have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic, Chad, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo (DRC), Nigeria and ...
spoken by the
Mbuti Pygmies known as the
Asua. It is closely related to the
Mangbetu language, and the Asua live in association with the
Mangbetu people, among others. It is the only distinctive
Pygmy language in the east.
Asua is spoken in the forests to the north of the
Aruwimi River, between the
Nepoko River and the headwaters of the
Rubi River.
[Demolin, Didier. 1992. ''Le Mangbetu: etude phonétique et phonologique'', 2 vols. Brussels: Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, Université libre de Bruxelles dissertation.]
References
Central Sudanic languages
African Pygmies
Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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