Mfinu language

{{Short description|Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Mfinu

|nativename=Emfinu{{cite journal |last1=Guthrie |first1=Malcolm |title=Some Features of the Mfinu Verbal System |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |date=February 1956 |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=84–102 |doi=10.1017/S0041977X00122220 |s2cid=163037165 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bulletin-of-the-school-of-oriental-and-african-studies/article/some-features-of-the-mfinu-verbal-system/8BD3F32405CEB4B52074545DBB363783 |access-date=15 January 2023|url-access=subscription }}

|region=

|states=DR Congo

|speakers=8,400

|date=2002

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone B)

|fam6=Teke (B.70)
(traditionally Tiene–Yanzi, B.80)

|iso3=zmf

|glotto=mfin1238

|glottorefname=Mfinu

|guthrie=B.83

}}

Mfinu (also known as Emfinu, Funika, Mfununga, Ntsiam or Ntswar) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is spoken by the Bamfinu tribe.