Nkutu

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Nkutu Nkuchu, Nkutshu, Bankutu
Spoken in:	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region:	Northern Kasai Oriental Province
Total speakers:	40,000 (1972 est.)
Language family:	Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Benue-Congo Bantoid Southern Narrow Bantu Northwest C Tetela Nkutu
Official status
Official language in:	none
Regulated by:	no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3:	`nkw`
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Nkutu, also rendered Nkuchu, Nkutshu, Kitkutshu, and Bankutu, is a Bantu language of northern Kasai-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Local dialects include Elembe, Hamba, Lokalo (Kalo), Kongola-Meno, Ngongo, and Saka (Losaka). It is a member of the Tetela family of Bantu languages and is closely related to Tetela, Kela, Kusu, and Yela.