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Lega language

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Lega is a Bantu language, or dialect cluster, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]

12 relations: Atlantic–Congo languages, Bantoid languages, Bantu languages, Bembe language (Ibembe), Benue–Congo languages, Creole language, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dialect, Gengele creole, Lega people, Lega–Binja languages, Shi language.

Atlantic–Congo languages

The Atlantic–Congo languages are a major division constituting the core of the Niger–Congo language family of Africa, characterised by the noun class systems typical of the family.

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Bantoid languages

Bantoid is a putative major division of the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger–Congo language family.

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Bantu languages

The Bantu languages (English:, Proto-Bantu: */baⁿtʊ̀/) technically the Narrow Bantu languages, as opposed to "Wide Bantu", a loosely defined categorization which includes other "Bantoid" languages are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu peoples throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Bembe language (Ibembe)

Bembe (Ebembe) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Western Tanzania.

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Benue–Congo languages

Benue–Congo (sometimes called East Benue–Congo) is a major subdivision of the Niger–Congo language family which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Creole language

A creole language, or simply creole, is a stable natural language developed from a mixture of different languages at a fairly sudden point in time: often, a pidgin transitioned into a full, native language.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, the DRC, Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa.

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Dialect

The term dialect (from Latin,, from the Ancient Greek word,, "discourse", from,, "through" and,, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.

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Gengele creole

Gengele is a Shabunda- and Kusu-based creole of Kindu, DR Congo.

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Lega people

The Lega people (or Warega) are an ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Lega–Binja languages

The Lega–Binja languages are part of the Bantu languages coded Zone D.20 in Guthrie's classification, specifically D.24–26, which according to Nurse & Philippson (2003) form a valid clade.

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Shi language

Shi, or Nyabungu, is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Redirects here:

ISO 639:khx, ISO 639:ktf, ISO 639:lea, ISO 639:lgm, Kaanu language, Kanu language, Kwami language, Lega-Malinga language, Lega-Mwenga language, Lega-Shabunda language, Mwenga Lega language, Mwenga-Lega language, Shabunda Lega language, Shabunda language, Shabunda-Lega language.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lega_language

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