Native speakers (1 million cited 1991) Glottolog song1303 | ISO 639-3 sop | |
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo Region Kasai-Oriental province Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu
Luban
Songe–Binji
Songe | ||
Songe, also known as Songye, Kisonge, Lusonge, Yembe, and Northeast Luba, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ethnologue notes that Songe is "related" to Mbagani, which they do not include in their database. Maho (2009) labels as "Mbagani (Binji)" one of the two geographic areas Ethnologue assigns to Songe, but says that it is closer to Lwalu; he says that it is a different language, Binji, that is close to Songe.
References
Songe language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA