Vanuma language

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

{{Infobox language

|name = Vanuma

|nativename=South Nyali

|states = Democratic Republic of the Congo

|region = Ituri Province

|speakers = 6,700

|date=1993

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone D.30)

|fam6=Nyali

|iso3=vau

|glotto=vanu1242

|glottorefname=Vanuma

|guthrie=D.331

}}

Vanuma (Bvanuma), or South Nyali, is a minor Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is lexically similar to Ndaka and Budu, Mbo, and Nyali.{{cite web

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

|work=Ethnologue

|title=Mbo

|access-date=2011-10-13}}