The Lombo language (also called Olombo, Turumbu, Ulumbu) is in the
Kele language group of
Bantu languages
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.
The t ...
. It is spoken by the
Turumbu people
The Turumbu people (also Lombo, Olombo, Ulumbu) live in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mostly in the Isangi Territory of the Tshopo District on both sides of the Congo River. They speak the Lombo language. As of 1971 their population was ...
of the
Tshopo District
Tshopo is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It is situated in the north central part of the country on the Tshopo River, for which it is named.
Tshopo, Bas-Uele, Haut-Uel ...
,
Isangi Territory, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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References
Soko-Kele languages
Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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