Foto
AltnameBafoto
StatesDR Congo
Extinctby 2001[1]
FamilycolorNiger-Congo
Fam 2Atlantic–Congo
Fam 3Benue–Congo
Fam 4Bantoid
Fam 5Bantu (Zone C)
Fam 6Mongo or Soko
Iso 3none
Glottobafo1235
GlottorefnameBafoto
GuthrieC.611

Foto (Bafoto) is an extinct Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Malcolm Guthrie classified it close to Mongo. However, Mongo and its closest relatives were split between the Bangi–Ntomba and Soko–Kele branches of Bantu in Nurse (2003), and it is not clear where Foto belongs.

References

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