JGB ISO 639-3
Ngbee
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ISO 639
- jgb
- Alternate Names
- Lingbe, Lingbee, Majuu, Mangbele, li-Ngbee
- Population
- No known L1 speakers. The last speaker probably died by the 1960s (Sommer 1992).
- Location:
- Haut-Uele province: scattered in Rungu, Niangara, Wamba, and Watsa territories.
- Language Status
- 10 (Extinct).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Bira-Nyali (D.336)
- Language Use
- Many shifted to Mangbetu [mdj]. Many shifted to Mayogo [mdm].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Haut-Uele province: scattered in Rungu, Niangara, Wamba, and Watsa territories.
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