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Binji language

Last updated: 2025-08-01 20:17:49

Binji language
Binji
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
(170,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bpj
Glottologbinj1249
L.231[2]

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).[3]

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. The two languages are separated by 200 km.

References

  1. Binji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Nurse & Phillipson 2003

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