Ngombe
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Population | 150,000 (Welmers 1971). |
| Region | Equateur Province, widespread along both sides of Congo River, Mongala District and adjacent parts of Sud Ubangi and Equateur districts; Binja in Orientale Province, Aketi Territory. |
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Northern Democratic Republic of Congo Northern Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Alternate names | Lingombe |
| Dialects | Binja (Binza, Libindja, Libinja), Wiindza-Baali, Doko. Similar to Bwela [bwl] (Lingi), Bale [bcp]. The Ngombe group is sometimes called Bantu C.40. Lexical similarity: 78% between standard Ngombe and the Binja dialect, 40% with Lingala [lin], Pagibete [pae], and Ngelima [agh], 37% with Bwa [bww]. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Ngombe (C.50) |
| Language development | NT: 1915–1956. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Different from Ngombe [nmj] in Central African Republic. |
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