Kube (Hube) and Tobo, also ''Mongi'', are a

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spoken in

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. They are mutually intelligible and 95% lexicostatistically cognate. Dialects of Kube include ''Kurungtufu'' and ''Yoangen'' (''Yoanggeng''). The Kube alphabet includes the letter

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Phonology

Vowels (orthographic)

Consonants (orthographic)

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