iKota or Kota, not to be confused with the Indian-dravidic Kota language

Kota language

Kota is a language of the Dravidian language family, spoken by 1,400 native speakers and 2,000 total speakers in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu state, India.-Phonology:...

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Africa

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n language spoken by the Bakota people

Bakota

The Bakota are a Bantu ethnic group from the northeastern region of Gabon. The language they speak is called iKota, but is sometimes referred to as Bakota, ikuta, Kota, and among the Fang, they are known as Mekora. The language has several dialects, which include: Ndambomo, Mahongwe,...

. It is spoken in northeastern Gabon

Gabon

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, Ogooué-Ivindo Province and in some areas of Republic of Congo. According to Ethnologue

Ethnologue

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there are 34,442 Kota speakers in Gabon and 9,055 in the Republic of Congo.

Kota includes several dialects, which include: Ndambomo, Mahongwe, Ikota-la-hua, Sake, Menzambi, Bougom.