Ngombe language (Congo)

Not to be confused with Ngombe language (Central African Republic).

Ngombe
Lingombe
Spoken in	DR Congo
Native speakers	unknown (150,000 cited 1971)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone C.40) Buja–Ngombe Ngombe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ngc

Ngombe, or Lingombe, is a Bantu language spoken by about 150,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In general, native speakers live on either side of the Congo river, and its many tributaries; more specifically, Équateur Province, Mongala District and in areas neighboring it (Sud Ubangi and Équateur districts). Like English, Ngombe is written in Latin script.^[1]

Ngombe is broken into several dialects (in addition to standard spoken Ngombe). These are Wiindza-Baali, Doko, and Binja (alternatively called Binza, Libindja, or Libinja). The latter is not the same as the Binja/Binza language. Binja dialect is primarily spoken in Orientale Province and Aketi Territory, and shares about three-quarters of its linguistic characteristics with standard Ngombe.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) (2009). "Ngombe". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition (online). Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ngc. Retrieved September 3, 2010.