Ngombe language

Ngombe
Ngombe
Lingombe
Native to	DR Congo
Native speakers	(150,000 cited 1971)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C.40) Buja–Ngombe Ngombe; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ngc
Glottolog	ngom1268
Guthrie code	C.41

Ngombe, or Lingombe, is a Bantu language spoken by about 150,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In general, native speakers live on either side of the Congo river, and its many tributaries; more specifically, Équateur Province, Mongala District and in areas neighboring it (Sud Ubangi and Équateur districts). Ngombe is written in Latin script.

The deities of the Ngombe include the supreme creator Akongo and the ancestor goddess Mbokomu.

Ngombe includes several dialects in addition to Ngombe proper (Ŋgɔmbɛ). These are Wiindza-Baali, Doko (Dɔkɔ), and Binja (also rendered Binza, Libindja, or Libinja). The latter is not the same as the Binja/Binza language. Binja dialect is primarily spoken in Orientale Province and Aketi Territory, and shares about three-quarters of its linguistic characteristics with standard Ngombe. Maho (2009) lists Doko as a distinct language in a separate group.

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