Mangbutu–Lese languages
| Mangbutu–Lese | |
|---|---|
| Mangbutu–Efe | |
| Geographic distribution: | Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda |
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| Glottolog: | memb1239[1] |
The Mangbutu–Lese languages of the Central Sudanic language family, also known as Mangbutu–Efe, are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
The languages are:
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.
Footnotes
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Membi–Mangbutu–Efe". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
References
- Nilo-Saharan list (Blench 2000)
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