Ngbinda is a poorly documented Congolese
Bantu language
The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
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of uncertain affiliation (though listed as unclassified
Zone D.30 by Guthrie). Prior to 1975 it had also been spoken in southern Sudan.
The Mayeka are a Ngbinda clan, but due to lack of evidence, it is not possible to determine whether Mayeka and Ngbinda should be considered the same language. An ISO proposal to merge the two languages into a single code was rejected due to the lack of linguistic evidence.
References
External links
ISO proposal to merge Ngbinda and Mayeka
Bantu languages
Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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