Mangbutu–Lese languages

Mangbutu–Lese
Mangbutu–Lese
Mangbutu–Efe
Geographic; distribution	Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda
Linguistic classification	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Eastern Mangbutu–Lese; ; ;
Subdivisions	Mangbutu; Mvuba; Ndo (Membitu); Mamvu; Lese (incl. Efe); ?Bendi;
Glottolog	memb1239

The Mangbutu–Lese languages of the Central Sudanic language family, also known as Mangbutu–Efe or simply Mangbutu (e.g. Starostin 2016), are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

The languages are:

Mangbutu, Mvuba, Ndo, Mamvu, Lese, Bendi.

Efe (the language of the Efe Pygmies) is often counted as another, but appears to be a dialect of Lese. Ndo (Membitu) is the most populous language and is spoken by a caste of blacksmiths.

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References

Nilo-Saharan list (Blench 2000)

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