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

Efe

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3efe

Population  20,000 (1991 SIL).
Region  Orientale Province, Mambasa, Watsa, Irumu, and Djugu territories.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Dialects  Related to Lese [les].
Classification  Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, East, Mangbutu-Efe
Comments  They live among the Balese and trade with them. A pygmy group. Hunter-gatherers: honey, meat. Traditional religion.