The Lega–Binja languages are part of the
Bantu languages coded Zone D.20 in Guthrie's classification, specifically D.24–26, which according to Nurse & Philippson (2003) form a valid clade. According to ''Ethnologue'', Bembe, which Nurse & Philippson were not sure belonged in its traditional group of D.50, is the closest language to Lega-Mwenga; ''
Glottolog'' has it closest to Songoora. The resulting languages are:
:
Shabunda-Lega (incl. Kanu, Kwami),
Mwenga-Lega,
Bembe,
Songoora (North Binja),
Zimba (South Binja)
Footnotes
References
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