Vanuma

VAU

vigorous

Alternate Names: Bambutuku, Bvanuma, Livanuma, Nyali-Tchabi, South Nyali

Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 85% with Nyali ,; 75% with Budu ,, Ndaka , and Mbo ,; 76% with Bila ,.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
D
Bira-Nyali (D.331)

Demographics: 6,700 (1993 SIL).

Language Use: Also use French [fra].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 30%.

Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo