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Lebonya languages

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Subdivisions:
  
Lengola Bodo Nyali

Glottolog:
  
lebo1246

Geographic distribution:
  
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Linguistic classification:
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone D) Lebonya

Lebonya is a proposed intermediate group of Bantu languages coded Zone D in Guthrie's classification. There are three branches:

  • Lengola
  • Bodo
  • the Nyali languages

    • Glottolog 2.3 classifies Bodo instead as one of the Ngendan languages.

    References

    Lebonya languages Wikipedia
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