Poke language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in DR Congo}}

{{Infobox language

|name =Poke

|nativename =

|states = Democratic Republic of the Congo

|region = Isangi Territory

|ethnicity=Topoke

|speakers = 130,000

|ref={{cite journal

|url=http://civilisations.revues.org/index1693.html

|title=Recherche sur l'identité ethnique du peuple Topoke (haut-zaire)

|first=Bilusa Baila |last=Boingaoli

|year=1993

|journal=Civilizations

|volume=41

|issn=2032-0442

|access-date=2011-10-08}}

|date=1984

|familycolor= Niger-Congo

|fam2 = Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Southern Bantoid

|fam7=Bantu (Zone C)

|fam8=Soko–Kele

|iso3=pof

|glotto=poke1238

|glottorefname=Poke

|guthrie=C.53

}}

The Poke language (also called Puki, Tofoke, Topoke or Tovoke), is in the Soko–Kele languages group of Bantu languages. It is spoken by the Topoke people of the Tshopo District, Isangi Territory, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{cite web

|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=pof

|title=Poke

|work=Ethnologue

|access-date=2011-10-08}}