Ngando language

For the macrolanguage of the Central African Republic, see Ngando language (Central African Republic).

Ngando
Longandu
Native to	DR Congo
Ethnicity	Ngando
Native speakers	(220,000 cited 1995)[1] (presumably includes 55,000 speakers (1993) of Lalia[2] dialect)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Soko–Kele (C.50–60) Ngando
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nxd – inclusive code Individual code: lal – Lalia
Glottolog	ngan1302
Guthrie code	C.63, 62[3]

Ngando is a Bantu language in the Soko-Kele languages group that is spoken by the Ngando people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bibliography

• Daiji Kimura (2023). Lexique longando [A Ngando glossary]. Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa. ISBN 9784863373945.

References

1. Ngando at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Lalia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online