Songe language
Bantu language spoken in DR Congo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Songe, also known as Songye, Kisonge, Lusonge, Yembe, and Northeast Luba, is a Bantu language spoken by the Songye people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Songe | |
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Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Region | Kasai-Oriental province |
Native speakers | (1 million cited 1991)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | sop |
Glottolog | song1303 |
L.23 [2] |
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Ethnologue notes that Songe is "related" to Mbagani, which they do not include in their database. Maho (2009) labels as "Mbagani (Binji)" one of the two geographic areas Ethnologue assigns to Songe, but says that it is closer to Lwalu; he says that it is a different language, Binji, that is close to Songe.