Glottolog: memb1239 | ||
Geographic
distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda Linguistic classification: Nilo-Saharan?
Central Sudanic
Eastern
Mangbutu–Lese Subdivisions: Mangbutu
Mvuba
Ndo (Membitu)
Mamvu
Lese (incl. Efe)
?Bendi | ||
The Mangbutu–Lese languages of the Central Sudanic language family, also known as Mangbutu–Efe or simply Mangbutu (e.g. Starostin 2016), are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
The languages are:
Mangbutu, Mvuba, Ndo, Mamvu, Lese, Bendi.Efe (the language of the Efe Pygmies) is often counted as another, but appears to be a dialect of Lese. Ndo (Membitu) is the most populous language and is spoken by a caste of blacksmiths.
References
Mangbutu–Lese languages Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA