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Ngiti language

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Native to
  
Congo (DRC)

ISO 639-3
  
niy

Native speakers
  
(100,000 cited 1991)

Glottolog
  
ngit1239

Language family
  
Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Eastern Lendu Ngiti

The Ngiti /əŋˈɡti/, or South Lendu, is an ethnolinguistic group located in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ngiti speakers call their language Ndruna. In 1991, the Ngiti numbered 100,000 located in the Irumu territory south of Bunia. During the Ituri conflict, the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri was formed as a Ngiti militia group and political party.

Unusual numeral system

Ngiti is reported to have a base-32 number system with base-4 cycles. The following is a list of some Ngiti numerals.

References

Ngiti language Wikipedia