Region Sud-Kivu Province | Native speakers (660,000 cited 1991) | |
Native to Democratic Republic of Congo Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantuNortheast BantuGreat Lakes BantuShi–HavuShi ISO 639-3 Either:shr – Shinyg – Nyindu Glottolog shii1238 (Shi)nyin1248 (Nyindu) | ||
Shi, or Nyabungu, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Nyindu variety is heavily influenced by Lega, and speakers consider it a dialect of Lega rather than Shi, as Shi speakers see it. Maho (2009) leaves it unclassified as JD.501.
References
Shi language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA