Shinji (Sinji), or Yungo, is a

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of the

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, between Mbangala and Yaka. According to ''Multitree'', the spellings are Şinji (Shinji) and Nuŋgo, rather than Yungo as in Maho (2009), and mentions of the language in the literature are almost entirely in reference to Guthrie.Shinji
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Yaka languages Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{DRCongo-stub