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Bangubangu language

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Bangubangu
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionKatanga province
Native speakers
(170,000 cited 1995)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Dialects
  • Bangubangu proper
  • Mikebwe
  • Kasenga
  • Nonda
  • Hombo
Language codes
ISO 639-3bnx
Glottologbang1350
D.27[2]

Bangubangu is a Bantu dialect cluster spoken by the Bangubangu people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The dialects are about 80% similar, apart from Hombo which is only 70% similar to the main dialect. It is possible that they are distinct languages. Christine Ahmed (1995) classifies the small "Bangubangu of Mutingua" apart from the rest, with the Luba rather than Hemba languages; this is presumably a Hombo dialect.

References

  1. ^ Bangubangu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online