Poke language
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The Poke language is in the Kele language group of Bantu languages
. It is spoken by the Topoke people
of the Tshopo District
, Isangi Territory, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Bantu languages
The Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...
. It is spoken by the Topoke people
Topoke people
The Topoke people are an ethnic group that live in the Isangi Territory south of the Congo River, downstream from Kisangani in Tshopo District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
of the Tshopo District
Tshopo District
Tshopo District is a district located in Orientale Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
, Isangi Territory, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.