Native speakers 170,000 (2000) Glottolog binj1249 | ISO 639-3 bpj Guthrie code L.231 | |
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Luban
Songe–Binji
Binji | ||
Binji is a Bantu language of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) states that it is close to Songe, which is otherwise isolated within the Luban languages established by Ahmed (1995).
In the literature it has been confused with Mbagani, which goes by the same name. For instance, Guthrie assigned code L.22 "Binji" to what Maho labels Mbagani; in Maho, true Binji is L.231 in Maho. The two languages are separated by 200 km.
References
Binji language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA