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

Mangbutu

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3mdk

Population  15,000 (1991 SIL). 1,200 Andinai.
Region  Orientale Province, Watsa Territory, south of Kibali River and east of Moto River.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names   Mangu-Ngutu, Mombuttu, Wambutu
Dialects  Andinai, Makutana, Angwe (Andali). Users of the Andinai dialect are separated from other users of Mangbutu by users of Lese [les]. The Andali are a clan speaking the Angwe dialect.
Classification  Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, East, Mangbutu-Efe
Comments  Christian.