The Ngiti , or South Lendu, is an ethnolinguistic group located in the
Ituri Province
Ituri is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. Ituri, Bas-Uele, Haut-Uele, and Tshopo provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Orientale province. Ituri was ...
of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. Ngiti speakers call their language ''Ndruna''. In 1991, the Ngiti numbered 100,000 located in the
Irumu
Irumu is a territory of Ituri province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the northeastern part of the country, 1,700 km east of the capital Kinshasa. Its administrative center is the town of Irumu.
The territory nearly ...
territory
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south of
Bunia
Bunia is the capital city of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It was part of the Orientale Province until that province's dissolution.
It lies at an elevation of on a plateau about west of Lake Albert in the Albe ...
. During the
Ituri conflict
The Ituri conflict (french: Guerre d'Ituri) is an ongoing conflict between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of the north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). While the two groups had ...
, the
Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri
The Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (french: Force de résistance patriotique d’Ituri; FRPI) is a Bunia-based armed militia and political party primarily active in the south of the Ituri Province of northeastern Democratic Republic of th ...
was formed as a Ngiti militia group and political party.
Phonology
Unusual numeral system
Ngiti is reported to have a
base-32 number system with base-4 cycles.
The following is a list of some Ngiti numerals.
Notes and references
Central Sudanic languages
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