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Ndaka

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3: ndk

Population	25,000 (1994 SIL).
Region	Orientale Province, Ituri District, Mambasa Territory, Bandaka Collectivité, along Bunia to NiaNia road.
Language map	Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names	Indaaka, Ndaaka
Dialects	Only 1 dialect. Mbo [mbo], Budu [buu], Vanuma [vau], Nyali [nlj], and Ndaka [ndk] speakers agree that their languages are more similar to each other than to other border Bantu languages. Lexical similarity: 87% with Mbo, 85% with Budu, 76% with Vanuma, 73% with Nyali, 30% with Komo [kmw], 22% with Bhele [bhy], Kaiku [kkq], Bila [bip], and Bera [brf].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Bira-Huku (D.30)
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: 25%–40%.
Comments	Traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

WIT, Gert de, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 1: Bira-Huku group of Bantu.  

WIT-HASSELAAR, Alie de, author. 1995. "Bira - Huku wordlists."

WIT-HASSELAAR, Alie de, author. 1995. "Ndaka / Mbo / Beeke survey report."