Yans (Yanzi) is a Bantu language spoken in 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 ...

by the Bayanzi. There are six language varieties Guthrie classified as Bantu B.85 (Yans): *B.85A Mbiem, West Yansi *B.85B East Yans *B.85C Yeei *B.85D Tsong (Itsong, Nsong, Ntsuo, "Songo") *B.85E Mpur (Mput) *B.85F Tsambaan According to Nurse (2003), most belong to the

Yaka languages The Yaka languages are a clade of 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 larg ...

, but one or two are among the

Boma–Dzing languages The Boma–Dzing languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.80 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), some of Guthrie's B.80 ( Tiene, Mfinu, Mpuono) are related to the Teke languages (B.70), and some Yan ...

. Maho (2009) notes that the Tsong variety is the then-unclassified "Songo" language (ISO oo of ''Ethnologue'' and is the one that does not belong with the rest. ''Glottolog'' likewise classifies "Nsong-Mpiin" ooapart from Yansi.

References

Maho (2009)
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