Fuumu language

Fuumu
Fuumu
Wuumu
Native to	Congo
Region	Malebo Pool
Native speakers	8,200 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Teke (B.70) Fuumu; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Fuumu; Wuumu; Mpuono;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ifm
Glottolog	teke1274; wuum1239
Guthrie code	B.77b, B.84

Fuumu is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau. The three dialects, Fuumu (Ifuumu), Wuumu (Iwuumu) and Mpuono, are sometimes considered separate languages. They are sometimes considered part of South Teke.

Mpuono has been spuriously conflated with Mbuun.^[3]

References

^ Fuumu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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[e18-1] Fuumu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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