Ngelima language

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Ngelima
Angba
Native toDR Congo
Native speakers
(14,000 cited 2000)[1]
Dialects
  • Beo
  • Buru (Boro)
  • Tungu
  • Hanga
Language codes
ISO 639-3agh
Glottologngel1238
C.45[2]

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) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online