Ngelima language

Ngelima
Angba
Native to DR Congo
Native speakers
14,000  (2000)[1]
Dialects
Beo
Buru (Boro)
Tungu
Hanga
Language codes
ISO 639-3 agh
Glottolog ngel1238[2]
C.45[3]

Ngelima, or Angba (Leangba), is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The four dialects (Beo, Buru (Boro), Tungu, Hanga) are quite distinct, and may be separate languages.

References

  1. Ngelima at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngelima". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online