Bangi-Ntomba languages

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The Bangi-Ntomba languages are a language group within Guthrie Zone C of the Bantu languages . It is classified as Zone C40 and contains 27 individual languages, which are spoken by a total of around 6,563,000 people, mainly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a few in the Republic of the Congo . Subgroups of the Bangi-Ntombi languages ​​are the Lusengo languages ​​with seven and the Ngiri languages ​​with four individual languages.

The individual languages ​​are:

  • Bamwe , around 20,000 speakers
  • Bangi , about 111,000 speakers, also in the Republic of the Congo
  • Boko , around 21,000 speakers
  • Bolia , around 100,000 speakers
  • Bolondo , approx. 3000 speakers
  • Bomboli , about 2500 speakers
  • Bomboma , around 23,000 speakers
  • Bozaba , around 5500 speakers
  • Dzano , about 6000 speakers
  • Lobala , around 60,000 speakers
  • Mabaale , around 42,000 speakers
  • Moi , approx. 3000 speakers, only in the Republic of the Congo
  • Ntomba , about 100,000 speakers
  • Sakata , about 75,000 speakers
  • Sengele , around 17,000 speakers
  • Yamongeri , about 13,000 speakers
  • Lusengo languages
    • Babango , about 2550 speakers
    • Bangala , approximately 3,500,000 speakers
    • Boloki , approx. 4200 speakers
    • Budza , about 226,000 speakers
    • Lingala , about 2,130,000 speakers, also in the Republic of the Congo
    • Lusengo , around 42,000 speakers
    • Ndolo , around 8,000 speakers
  • Ngiri languages

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