| Mangbetu–Asoa | |
|---|---|
| Mangbetu | |
| Geographic distribution: |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Linguistic classification: | Nilo-Saharan?
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The Mangbetu–Asoa or Mangbetu languages of the Central Sudanic language family are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The languages are Mangbetu, spoken by perhaps a million people, and the smaller Lombi and Asoa. Blench (2000) considers Lombi to be part of the Mangbetu dialect continuum. Asoa is spoken by Pygmies.