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Ngelima language

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Native to
  
DR Congo

ISO 639-3
  
agh

Native speakers
  
14,000 (2000)

Glottolog
  
ngel1238

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone C.40) Boan Bomokandian Bwa Ngelima

Dialects
  
Beo Buru (Boro) Tungu Hanga

Ngelima, or Angba (Leangba), is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The four dialects (Beo, Buru (Boro), Tungu, Hanga) are quite distinct, and may be separate languages.

References

Ngelima language Wikipedia