Havu language

Havu
	Kihavu
Native to	Democratic Republic of Congo
Region	Sud-Kivu Province
Native speakers	510,000 (2002)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Shi–Havu Havu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	hav
Glottolog	havu1238
Guthrie code	JD.52

Havu or Haavu is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is spoken mainly in the Idjwi and Kalehe territories of Sud-Kivu Province, in the east of the DRC.^[4] It is very close to the Shi language.

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Havu
Kihavu
Native to	Democratic Republic of Congo
Region	Sud-Kivu Province
Native speakers	510,000 (2002)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Northeast Bantu Great Lakes Bantu Shi–Havu Havu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`hav`
Glottolog	`havu1238`^[2]
Guthrie code	`JD.52`^[3]