Kango people
The Kango (Bakango), also known as the Batchua and Mbuti-Sua, are an Mbuti pygmy people of the Ituri forest. They speak a Bantu language, Bila, apparently in two dialects, northern Sua and southern Kango.
They are in a patron–vassal relationship with several Bantu-speaking peoples, the , Budu, Ndaka, , , and ; two Sudanic peoples, the and , and the Ubangian Mayogo.
They may be the Wochua people described in the 19th century.
References[]
- Serge BAHUCHET, 2006. "Languages of the African Rainforest « Pygmy » Hunter-Gatherers: Language Shifts without Cultural Admixture."[1] In Historical linguistics and hunter-gatherers populations in global perspective. Leipzig.
Categories:
- African Pygmies
- Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- African ethnic group stubs