Lese language
Lese | |
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Efé | |
Native to | Congo (DRC) |
Region | Ituri forest |
Native speakers | (70,000 cited 1991) |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:les – Leseefe – Efe |
Lese, or occasionally Lissi, also known as Efe, is a Central Sudanic language of northeastern Congo. The Lese people live in association with the Efé Pygmies, and share one language.
Although Efe is given a separate ISO code, Bahuchet (2006) notes that it is not even a distinct dialect, though there is dialectical variation in the language of the Lese (Dese, Karo).
References
- Serge BAHUCHET, 2006. "Languages of the African Rainforest « Pygmy » Hunter-Gatherers: Language Shifts without Cultural Admixture."[1] In Historical linguistics and hunter-gatherers populations in global perspective. Leipzig.