Mfinu language explained

Mfinu
Nativename:Emfinu[1]
States:DR Congo
Speakers:8,400
Date:2002
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu (Zone B)
Fam6:Teke (B.70)
(traditionally Tiene–Yanzi, B.80)
Iso3:zmf
Glotto:mfin1238
Glottorefname:Mfinu
Guthrie:B.83

Mfinu (also known as Emfinu, Funika, Mfununga, Ntsiam or Ntswar) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is spoken by the Bamfinu tribe.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Guthrie . Malcolm . Some Features of the Mfinu Verbal System . Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies . February 1956 . 18 . 1 . 84–102 . 10.1017/S0041977X00122220 . 163037165 . 15 January 2023.