Ngbinda language

Ngbinda
Ngbinda
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	25,000 (2002–2004)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Boan Bomokandian Ngendan Ngbinda; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; nbd – Ngbinda; myc – Mayeka
Glottolog	ngbi1238
Guthrie code	D.303,307
ELP	Ngbinda

Ngbinda is a poorly documented Congolese Bantu language of uncertain affiliation (though listed as unclassified Zone D.30 by Guthrie). Prior to 1975 it had also been spoken in southern Sudan.

The Mayeka are a Ngbinda clan, but due to lack of evidence, it is not possible to determine whether Mayeka and Ngbinda should be considered the same language. An ISO proposal to merge the two languages into a single code was rejected due to the lack of linguistic evidence.

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