Foto (Bafoto) is a
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
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of the
Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. Guthrie classified it close to
Mongo. However, Mongo and its closest relatives were split between the
Bangi–Ntomba and
Soko–Kele branches of Bantu in Nurse (2003), and it is not clear where Foto belongs.
References
Bangi-Ntomba languages
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