Loki dialect

{{Short description|Bantu language of DR Congo}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Loki

|nativename=Boloki

|states=Democratic Republic of the Congo

|region=

|speakers=4,200

|date=no date

|ref=e15

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone C)

|fam6=Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)

|fam7=Zamba–Binza

|fam8=Losengo

|iso3=bkt

|glotto=bolo1262

|glottorefname=Boloki

|guthrie=C.36e

}}

Loki (Boloki), or Ruki, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is very close to Lingala. The Boloki (Baloki) people are named after the Ruki River; they live on either side of the Congo River where the Ruki joins it.