Yansi
| Yansi | ||
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Spoken in |
Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| speaker | 10,000 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Yansi (also Eyansi, Eyanzi, Kiyanzi, Yans and Yanzi) is a Bantu language and is spoken by around 10,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
It is widespread in the province of Bandundu in the Territoire Bulungu along the Loange River .
classification
Yansi forms the Yanzi group with the languages Boma , Ding , Mfinu , Mpuono and Tiene . According to the classification of Malcolm Guthrie , Tiene belongs to the Guthrie zone B80. It is related to Ding and Mpuono.
Yansi has the dialect Yeei (also Yey).