Songe, also known as Songye, Kisonge, Lusonge, Yembe, and Northeast Luba, is a

Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu people of Central, Southern, Eastern africa and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. T ...

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 Binji is a Local Government Area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrat ...

, that is close to Songe.

Phonology

Vowels

A five vowel system with vowel length is present:

Consonants

* Palatalization �and labialization �is also present among consonant sounds.

References

{{Authority control Luban languages Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo