Ndaka

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
ndk
Alternate Names
Indaaka, Ndaaka
Population

25,000 (1994 SIL).

Location

Orientale Province, Ituri district, Mambasa territory, Bandaka collectivité, along Bunia to NiaNia road.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Bira-Huku (D.333)
Dialects

Only 1 dialect. Mbo [zmw], Budu [buu], Vanuma [vau], Nyali [nlj], and Ndaka [ndk] speakers agree that their languages are more similar to each other than to other border Bantu languages. Lexical similarity: 87% with Mbo [zmw]; 85% with Budu [buu]; 76% with Vanuma [vau]; 73% with Nyali [nlj]; 30% with Komo [kmw]; 22% with Bhele [bhy], Kaiku [kkq], Bila [bip], and Bera [brf].

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 25%–40%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ndaka
Other Comments

Traditional religion.