Holoholo is a

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. The t ...

of DR Congo and formerly in Tanzania spoken by the

Holoholo people The Holoholo also known as Kalanga (''Wakalanga'' in Swahili) are a Bantu ethnic group that inhabit the shores of central lake Tanganyika. The majority of them live near Kalemie city on Lake Tanganyika in Tanganyika Province of the Democratic R ...

on either side of

Lake Tanganyika Lake Tanganyika () is an African Great Lake. It is the second-oldest freshwater lake in the world, the second-largest by volume, and the second-deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. ...

. Classification is uncertain, but it may belong with the Takama group (Nurse 2003:169). Maho (2009) classifies D281 Tumbwe (Etumbwe) and D282 Lumbwe as closest to Holoholo. Neither has an ISO code.

References

* L Northeast Bantu languages Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Languages of Tanzania {{Bantu-lang-stub