Songe language

Songe, also known as Songye, Kisonge, Lusonge, Yembe, and Northeast Luba, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Songe
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Kasai-Oriental province
Native speakers	(1 million cited 1991)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Luban Songe–Binji Songe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`sop`
Glottolog	`song1303`
Guthrie code	`L.23`[2]

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.

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