Kango people
Appearance
TheKango(Bakango), also known as theBatchuaandMbuti-Sua,are anMbutipygmypeople of theIturi forest.They speak aBantulanguage,Bila,apparently in two dialects, northern Sua and southern Kango.
They are in a patron–vassal relationship with several Bantu-speaking peoples, theBila,Budu,Ndaka,Bombo,Liko,andBaali;two Sudanic peoples, theLeseandLuumbi,and the UbangianMayogo.
They may be theWochuapeople described in the 19th century.
References
[edit]- Serge BAHUCHET, 2006. "Languages of the African Rainforest « Pygmy » Hunter-Gatherers: Language Shifts without Cultural Admixture."[1]InHistorical linguistics and hunter-gatherers populations in global perspective.Leipzig.