The Bangi–Ntomba languages are a group 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 largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.
T ...
s spoken in the
Democratic Republic of 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 ...
and the
Republic of the Congo. They are coded Zone C.30 in Guthrie's classification, and included the trade language
Lingala
Lingala (Ngala) (Lingala: ''Lingála'') is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree ...
, one of four national languages of the DRC and two of the RC.
According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart from the Ngiri languages (to
Ngondi–Ngiri) and
Budza (Buja), and together with a few additional languages such as Mongo-Nkundu, they form a valid node. Using Guthrie's listing, they are:
*Zamba–Binza: Losengo (
Losengo,
Loki/Boloki,
Ndolo),
Binza,
Dzamba (Zamba)
*Bangi–Moi:
Bangi,
Mbompo (Mpombo),
Moi,
Mpama (Pama), (C20)
Kuba
*
Sakata
*Mongo:
Sengele,
Ntomba-Bolia, (C60)
Mongo (Nkundo) (?
Bafoto), (C70)
Kela Kela or KELA may refer to:
* KelA, a sports club in Kellokoski, Finland
* KELA (AM), a radio station (1470 AM) licensed to Centralia-Chehalis, Washington, United States
* Kela (Finnish institution), the Finnish social security agency
* Kela (trib ...
Lingala
Lingala (Ngala) (Lingala: ''Lingála'') is a Bantu language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the northern half of the Republic of the Congo, in their capitals, Kinshasa and Brazzaville, and to a lesser degree ...
and
Bangala developed as trade languages, primarily on a Bangi lexical base.
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References
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Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo