Songe language

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Songe
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region Kasai-Oriental province
Native speakers
unknown (1 million cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sop
Glottolog song1303[2]
L.23[3]

Songe, also known as Songye, Kisonge, Lusonge, Yembe, and Northeast Luba, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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.

References

  1. Songe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online