Bangi–Ntomba languages

Bangi–Ntomba
Bangi–Mongo
Geographic distribution	Central reaches of the Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C.30) Bangi–Tetela ? Bangi–Ntomba
Subdivisions	Zamba–Binza Bangi–Moi Sakata Mongo (Bolia)

The Bangi–Ntomba languages are a group of

, one of four national languages of the DRC and two of the RC.

According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), apart from the Ngiri languages (to Ngondi–Ngiri) and Budza (Buja), and together with a few additional languages such as Mongo-Nkundu, they form a valid node. Using Guthrie's listing, they are:

• Zamba–Binza: Losengo (
  Dzamba
  (Zamba)
• Bangi–Moi:
  Moi, Mpama (Pama), (C20) Kuba
• Sakata
• Mongo:
  Kela

developed as trade languages, primarily on a Bangi lexical base.

Footnotes

References

• Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge.
  ISBN 9780700711345
  .