Ngombe

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
ngc
Alternate Names
Lingombe
Population

150,000 (Welmers 1971).

Location

Equateur Province, widespread along both sides of the Congo River, Mongala district and adjacent parts of Sud Ubangi and Equateur districts; Binja in Orientale Province, Aketi territory.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Ngombe (C.301)
Dialects

Binja (Binza, Libindja, Libinja), Doko, Wiindza-Baali. Similar to Bwela [bwl] (Lingi) and Bale [bcp]. Lexical similarity: 78% between standardized Ngombe and the Binja dialect; 40% with Lingala [lin], Pagibete [pae], and Ngelima [agh]; 37% with Bwa [bww].

Language Development
New media. Radio programs. Videos. Grammar. NT: 1915–1956.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ngombe
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Different from Ngombe [nmj] in Central African Republic.