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

Nyindu

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3nyg

Population  8,400 (2002).
Region  Sud-Kivu Province, west of Lake Kivu.
Language maps  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Southern Democratic Republic of Congo
Dialects  Many Nyindu consider themselves Lega-Mwenga [lgm], but Lega and Shi [shr] speakers consider them Shi. Their speech is reportedly a mixture of Lega-Mwenga [lgm] and Shi [shr].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, J, Shi-Havu (J.50)