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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Democratic Republic of the Congo > Bendi

Bendi

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3bct

Population  32,000 (1991 SIL).
Region  Orientale Province, Djugu Territory, midway between Bunia and Djalasiga.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names   Mabendi, Mabeni
Classification  Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, East, Lendu
Comments  Reportedly classified as Mangbutu-Efe. Different from Ngiti [niy] (Bindi) or Bendi, which is a dialect of Banda [bjo].