Lenje is a Bantu language of central

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. The Lukanga dialect is spoken by the Lukanga Twa Pygmies, fishermen of the

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. Alternate names for the language are Chilenje, Chinamukuni, Ciina, Ciina Mukuni, Lengi, Lenji, and Mukuni.

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* * *Rev. S. Luwisha,
Mukulilacoolwe
'' Lubuto Library Special Collections, accessed May 4, 2014. *Dorothea Lehmann,
Folktales from Zambia: Texts in six African languages and in English
'' Lubuto Library Special Collections, accessed May 3, 2014.
OLAC resources in and about the Lenje language
Languages of Zambia Botatwe languages Library of Congress Africa Collection related {{Bantu-lang-stub