Nsongo language
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Bantu language spoken in Angola
Not to be confused with the
Nsong language
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Native to | Angola |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 1978)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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ISO 639-3 | nsx |
Glottolog | nson1238 |
H.24 [2] |
Songo (Nsongo) is a
North Mbundu, and is often considered a dialect of that language. The true relationship may be a regional influence since it has been suggested that Nsongo and Teke
, and its relatives, are close (Nurse 2003).
References
- ^ Songo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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