Binji language

Binji
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
170,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bpj
Glottolog binj1249[2]
L.231[3]

Binji is a Bantu language of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) states that it is close to Songe, which is otherwise isolated within the Luban languages established by Ahmed (1995).[4]

In the literature it has been confused with Mbagani, which goes by the same name. For instance, Guthrie assigned code L.22 "Binji" to what Maho labels Mbagani; in Maho, true Binji is L.231 in Maho. The two languages are separated by 200 km.

References

  1. Binji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Binji". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  4. Nurse & Phillipson 2003
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