Native to DR Congo Native speakers 160,000 (2002) | Region Kasai River | |
Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu (Zone B)
Boma–Dzing (B.80)
Ding ISO 639-3 Either:
diz – Di
nlo – Ngul Glottolog ding1239 (Ding)
ngul1247 (Ngul)
lwel1234 (Lwel)
nzad1234 (Nzadi) | ||
Ding (Di, Dzing) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Maho (2009) considers the following to be distinct languages closely related to Ding:
B861 Ngul (Ngwi), B862 Lwel (Kelwer), B863 Mpiin (Pindi), B864 West Ngongo, B865 Nzadi(See Boma–Dzing languages.) Only Ngul, which includes Ngwi, has an ISO code.
References
Ding language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA