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Mbandja language

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Mbandja
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic
Native speakers
360,000 (2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Kala
  • Gbado
Language codes
ISO 639-3zmz
Glottologmban1263

Mbandja (Banja, Mbanza) is the largest of the Banda languages. There are 350,000 speakers in DRC, 10,000 in the Republic of Congo, and an unknown number in CAR.

References

  1. ^ Mbandja at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)