Songe, also known as Songye, Kisonge, Lusonge, Yembe, and Northeast
Luba
Luba may refer to:
Geography
*Kingdom of Luba, a pre-colonial Central African empire
* Ľubá, a village and municipality in the Nitra region of south-west Slovakia
*Luba, Abra, a municipality in the Philippines
*Luba, Equatorial Guinea, a town ...
, is a
Bantu language spoken in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
.
''
Ethnologue'' notes that Songe is "related" to
Mbagani, which they do not include in their database. Maho (2009) labels as "Mbagani (Binji)" one of the two geographic areas ''Ethnologue'' assigns to Songe, but says that it is closer to
Lwalu; he says that it is a different language,
Binji, that is close to Songe.
Phonology
Vowels
A five vowel system with vowel length is present:
Consonants
* Palatalization
²and labialization
·is also present among consonant sounds.
References
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Luban languages
Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo