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Enya language

Enya is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Enya
Genya
Native toDR Congo
RegionOrientale Province
Native speakers
(15,000 cited 2000)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
gey – Enya
zla – Zula
Glottologenya1247
D.14, D.1412

Enya is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Maho (2009) lists D141 Zura (Zula) as most closely related.

References

References

  1. Enya at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Zula at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online