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Nzadi language information


Nzadi
Indzéé
Native toDR Congo
RegionKasai River
Native speakers
unknown, but probably several thousands (2011)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu (Zone B)
          • Boma–Dzing (B.80)
            • Ding
              • Nzadi
Language codes
ISO 639-3nzd
Glottolognzad1234
Guthrie code
B.865[2]
PersonOndzéé
PeopleAndzéé
LanguageIndzéé

Nzadi is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, "from Kwamuntu to Ilebo along the north side of the Kasai River in Bandundu Province." The number of speakers of Nzadi is not known, but is estimated to be in the thousands. The Nzadi language has three dialects, Ngiemba, Lensibun, and Ndzé Ntaa.[1]

  1. ^ a b Crane, Thera M.; Hyman, Larry M.; Tukumu, Simon Nsielanga (2011). A grammar of Nzadi [B865] : a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520098862.
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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