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

Libinza

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3liz

Population  10,000 (1986 SIL).
Region  Equateur Province; Sud Ubangi, Equateur, Kungu and northern Bomongo districts, on Ngiri and Mwanda rivers, Monia and Boniange villages southward; on islands as far as Bomongo.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names   Libinja
Dialects  Monia, Boniange, Kutu. Dialects or closely related languages: Balobo (Likila [lie]), Ndobo [ndw].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Bangi-Ntomba (C.40), Ngiri
Comments  Distinct from the Libinja dialect of Ngombe [ngc].