NGC ISO 639-3
Ngombe
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ISO 639
- ngc
- Alternate Names
- Lingombe
- Population
- 150,000 (Welmers 1971a).
- Location:
- Mongala province and adjacent parts of Sud-Ubangi and Equateur provinces. Widespread along both sides of the Congo River, possibly some in Tshopo province.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Ngombe (C.41)
- Dialects
- Libale (Bale, Bodjenga, Indjale, Miwera, Wiindza-Baali), Doko. Reportedly similar to Bwela [bwl] (Lingi). Lexical similarity: 78% with the Benza (Binja) dialect of Ligenza [lgz]; 40% with Lingala [lin], Pagibete [pae], and Ngelima [agh]; 37% with Bwa [bww].
- Language Use
- Used by all. Some also use Pagibete [pae], for trading. Also use Lingala [lin]. Used as L2 by Pagibete [pae].
- Language Development
- Radio. Videos. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1915–1956.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Ngombe
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Different from Ngombe [nmj] in Central African Republic.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Mongala province and adjacent parts of Sud-Ubangi and Equateur provinces. Widespread along both sides of the Congo River, possibly some in Tshopo province.
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