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Ngbee language

Ngbee is an extinct Bantu language of uncertain affiliation. Guthrie assigned to the Nyali cluster, Ethnologue classifies it as a Nyali language. Glottolog places it near the Ngendan languages.

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Ngbee
Lingbee
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
EthnicityMangbele
ExtinctBy the 1960s1
Language codes
ISO 639-3jgb
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Glottologngbe1238
D.3362

Ngbee is an extinct Bantu language of uncertain affiliation. Guthrie assigned to the Nyali cluster,2 Ethnologue classifies it as a Nyali language.1 Glottolog places it near the Ngendan languages.

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References

  1. Ngbee at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online