Ngbinda language

Ngbinda
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	25,000 (2002–2004)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Boan Bomokandian Ngendan Ngbinda; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; nbd – Ngbinda; myc – Mayeka
Glottolog	ngbi1239
Guthrie code	D.303,307[2]
ELP	Ngbinda[3]

Ngbinda is a poorly documented Congolese Bantu language of uncertain affiliation (though listed as unclassified Zone D.30 by Guthrie). Prior to 1975 it had also been spoken in southern Sudan.

The Mayeka are a Ngbinda clan, but due to lack of evidence, it is not possible to determine whether Mayeka and Ngbinda should be considered the same language. An ISO proposal to merge the two languages into a single code was rejected due to the lack of linguistic evidence.[4][5]

References

Ngbinda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Mayeka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
Endangered Languages Project data for Ngbinda.
Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
"ISO 639 code change request documentation". www-01.sil.org. Retrieved 2018-01-12.

External links

ISO proposal to merge Ngbinda and Mayeka

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[e18-1] Ngbinda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Mayeka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[ELP1-3] Endangered Languages Project data for Ngbinda.

[4] Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices

[5] "ISO 639 code change request documentation". www-01.sil.org. Retrieved 2018-01-12.