Ngelima language

Ngelima
Angba
Native to DR Congo
Native speakers
14,000 (2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Beo
  • Buru (Boro)
  • Tungu
  • Hanga
Language codes
ISO 639-3 agh
Glottolog ngel1238[2]
C.45[3]

Ngelima, or Angba (Leangba), is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The four dialects (Beo, Buru (Boro), Tungu, Hanga) are quite distinct, and may be separate languages.

References

  1. ↑ Ngelima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ngelima". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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