Kota, or ''iKota'', is an

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spoken by the Bakota people. It is spoken in northeastern

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and in some areas of

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. According to ''

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'' there are 34,442 Kota speakers in Gabon and 9,055 in the Republic of Congo.Ethnologue report
/ref> Kota includes several dialects, which include: ''Ndambomo'', ''Mahongwe'', ''Ikota-la-hua'', ''Sake'', ''Menzambi'', ''Bougom''.

References

Kele languages Languages of Gabon Languages of the Republic of the Congo {{Bantu-lang-stub