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

Ligenza

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3lgz

Population  43,000 (1986 SIL).
Region  Equateur Province, Bumba Territory. 3 or 4 small areas.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names   Digenja, Gendja, Gendza-Bali
Dialects  Bokoy, Elowa, Benza, Bolupi.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Ngombe (C.50)
Language use  Also use Lingala [lin].
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: High in Lingala.