Ngombe language

Language spoken in DR Congo

Not to be confused with Ngombe language (Central African Republic).

Ngombe

Lingombe
Native to| DR Congo

Native speakers

| (150,000 cited 1971)[1]

Language family

Niger–Congo?

* Atlantic–Congo
* Volta-Congo
* Benue–Congo
* Bantoid
* Southern Bantoid
* Bantu (Zone C.40)
* Buja–Ngombe
* Ngombe

Language codes
ISO 639-3| `ngc`
Glottolog| `ngom1268`

Guthrie code

| `C.41`[2]
The tradition for a woman's first birth supports the child's survival. The husband is sent home for up to a year - younger sisters carry the baby and a stool for the mother. The mother visits family members and eats a lot.

Ngombe, or Lingombe, is a Bantu language spoken by about 150,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In general, native speakers live on either side of the Congo river, and its many tributaries; more specifically, Équateur Province, Mongala District and in areas neighboring it (Sud Ubangi and Équateur districts). Ngombe is written in Latin script.[3]

The deities of the Ngombe include the supreme creator Akongo and the ancestor goddess Mbokomu.[4]

Ngombe includes several dialects in addition to Ngombe proper (Ŋgɔmbɛ). These are Wiindza-Baali, Doko (Dɔkɔ), and Binja (also rendered Binza, Libindja, or Libinja). The latter is not the same as the Binja/Binza language. Binja dialect is primarily spoken in Orientale Province and Aketi Territory, and shares about three-quarters of its linguistic characteristics with standard Ngombe.[3] Maho (2009) lists Doko as a distinct language in a separate group.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ngombe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
3. ^ a b Lewis, M. Paul, ed. (2009). "Ngombe". Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition (online). Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Archived from the original on Dec 19, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
4. ^ Johnson, Allen W.; Price-Williams, Douglass Richard (1996), Oedipus Ubiquitous: The Family Complex in World Folk Literature, Stanford University Press, pp. 145–146, ISBN 978-0-8047-2577-4, retrieved 2017-11-06

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Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Official language|

* French

National languages|

* Kongo
* Kituba
* Lingala
* Swahili
* Tshiluba

Indigenous
languages
(by province)|

| Bandundu|

* Boma
* Chokwe
* Ding
* Hungana
* Kwese
* Lia-Ntomba
* Mbala
* Mpuono
* Nzadi
* Pende
* Sakata
* Sengele
* Shinji
* Sonde
* Suku
* Tiene
* Yaka
* Yansi

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Équateur|

* Bala
* Bangi
* Bango
* Budza
* Central Banda
* Furu
* Losengo
* Mbaka
* Mbandja
* Mongo
* Mono
* Ndolo
* Ndunga
* Ngbaka Minagende
* Ngbandi
* Ngbinda
* Ngbundu
* Ngombe
* Pagibete
* Sango
* South Banda
* Yangere

Kasai-Occidental|

* Binji
* Bushong
* Chokwe
* Lele
* Lwalu
* Wongo

Kasai-Oriental|

* Budya
* Dengese
* Luna
* Nkutu
* Salampasu
* Songe
* Tetela

Katanga|

* Bangubangu
* Bemba
* Bwile
* Chokwe
* Hemba
* Kaonde
* Kebwe
* Luba-Katanga
* Lunda
* Ruund
* Sanga
* Tabwa
* Zela
* Yazi

Kinshasa|

* Mfinu

Maniema|

* Hendo
* Zimba

Nord-Kivu|

* Amba
* Havu
* Hunde
* Kinyarwanda
* Kirundi
* Nande
* Nyanga
* Talinga
* Tembo
* Vanuma
* Yaka

Orientale|

* Alur
* Asoa
* Avokaya
* Bangala
* Bangba
* Barambu
* Beeke
* Bila
* Budu
* Bwa
* Bwela
* Dongo
* Guru
* Hema
* Kaliko
* Kango (Bas-Uélé District)
* Kango (Tshopo District)
* Kari
* Kele
* Lendu
* Lese
* Lika
* Likile
* Linga
* Loki
* Logo
* Lombo
* Lugbara
* Ma
* Mangbetu
* Mangbutu
* Mayogo
* Mba
* Mbo
* Ndaka
* Ngbee
* Ngelima
* Nyali
* Nyanga-li
* Nzakara
* Omi
* Pambia
* Poke
* Soko
* Tagbo
* Zande

Sud-Kivu|

* Buyu
* Fuliiru
* Havu
* Kabwari
* Kinyarwanda
* Kirundi
* Shi
* Tembo

Sign languages|

* French African Sign

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Narrow Bantu languages (Zones C–D) (by Guthrie classification)

Zone C|

| C10|

* C11 Ngondi
* C12a Pande
* C12b Bogongo
* C13 Mbati
* C14 Mbomotaba
* C15 Bongili
* C16 Lobala
* [C101 Dibole
* C102 Ngando
* C103 Kota
* C104 Yaka
* C105 Mbenga
* C141 Enyele
* C142 Bondongo
* C143 Mbonzo
* C161 Bomboli
* C162 Bozaba

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C20|

* C21 Mboko
* C22 Akwa
* C23[21] Ngare
* C24 Koyo
* C25 Mbosi
* C26 Kwala
* C27 Kuba
* [C201 Bwenyi

C30|

* C31a Loi
* C31b Ngiri
* C31c Nunu
* C32 Bobangi
* C33 Sengele
* C34 Sakata
* C35a Ntomba
* C35b Bolia
* C36a Poto
* C36b Mpesa
* C36c Mbudza
* C36d Mangala
* C36e Boloki
* C36f Kangana
* C36g Ndolo
* C37 Buja
* [C301 Doko
* C302 Bolondo
* C311 Mabaale
* C312 Ndoobo
* C313 Litoka
* C314 Balobo
* C315 Enga
* C321 Binza
* C322 Dzamba
* C323 Mpama
* C371 Tembo
* C372 Kunda
* C373 Gbuta
* C374 Babale

C40|

* C41 Ngombe
* C42 Bwela
* C43 Bati
* C44 Boa
* C45 Angba
* [C401 Pagibete
* C403 Kango
* C411 Bomboma
* C412 Bamwe
* C413 Dzando
* C414 Ligendza
* C415 Likula
* C441 Bango

C50|

* C51 Mbesa
* C52 So
* C53 Poke
* C54 Lombo
* C55 Kele
* C56 Foma
* [C501 Likile
* C502 Linga

C60|

* C61a Northeast Mongo
* C61b Northwest Mongo
* C62 Lalia
* [C63 Ngando
* C611 Bafoto

C70|

* C71 Tetela
* C72 Kusu
* C73 Nkutu
* C74 Yela
* C75 Kela
* C76 Ombo
* [C701 Langa

C80|

* C81 Dengese
* C82 Songomeno
* C83 Busoong
* C84 Lele
* C85 Wongo

Zone D|

| D10|

* D11 Mbole
* D12 Lengola
* D13 Metoko
* D14 Enya
* [D141 Zura

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D20|

* D21 Bali
* D22 Amba
* D23 Komo
* D24 Songola
* D25 Lega
* D26 Zimba
* D27 Bangubangu
* D28a West Holoholo
* D28b East Holoholo
* [D201 Liko
* D211 Kango
* D251 Lega-Malinga
* D281 Tumbwe
* D282 Lumbwe

D30|

* D31 Peri
* D32 Bira
* D33 Nyali
* [D301 Kari
* D302 Guru
* D303 Ngbinda
* D304 Homa
* D305 Nyanga-li
* D306 Gbati-ri
* D307 Mayeka
* D308 Bodo
* D311 Bila
* D312 Kaiku
* D313 Ibutu
* D331 Bvanuma
* D332 Budu
* D333 Ndaaka
* D334 Mbo
* D335 Beeke
* D336 Ngbee

[J]D40|

* [J]D41 Konzo
* [J]D42 Ndandi
* [J]D43 Nyanga

[J]D50|

* [J]D51 Hunde
* [J]D52 Haavu
* [J]D53 Nyabungu
* [J]D54 Bembe
* [J]D55 Buyi
* [J]D56 Kabwari
* [JD501 Nyindu
* [J]JD502 Yaka
* [J]JD531 Tembo

[J]D60|

* [J]D61 Ruanda
* [J]D62 Rundi
* [J]D63 Fuliiro
* [J]D64 Shubi
* [J]D65 Hangaza
* [J]D66 Ha
* [J]D67 Vinza
* [JD631 Vira

* Italics indicate extinct languages.
* Languages between parentheses are varieties of the language on their left.

* The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them.

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