Kota, or ''iKota'', is a

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ...

spoken by the Bakota people. It is spoken in northeastern

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, Ogooué-Ivindo Province and in some areas of

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. According to ''

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'' there are 34,442 Kota speakers in Gabon and 9,055 in the Republic of Congo.Ethnologue report
/ref> Kota includes several dialects, which include: ''Ndambomo'', ''Mahongwe'', ''Ikota-la-hua'', ''Sake'', ''Menzambi'', ''Bougom''.

Phonology

Kota also has two tones; high and low.

References

Kele languages Languages of Gabon Languages of the Republic of the Congo {{Bantu-lang-stub