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Ngando language

Ngando is a Bantu language in the Soko-Kele languages group that is spoken by the Ngando people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Ngando
Longandu
Native toDR Congo
EthnicityNgando
Native speakers
(220,000 cited 1995)1
(presumably includes 55,000 speakers (1993) of Lalia2 dialect)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nxd – inclusive code
Individual code:
lal – Lalia
Glottologngan1302
C.63, 623

Ngando is a Bantu language in the Soko-Kele languages group that is spoken by the Ngando people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bibliography

Bibliography

  • Daiji Kimura (2023). Lexique longando [A Ngando glossary]. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. ISBN 9784863373945.
References

References

  1. Ngando at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Lalia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online