Ligenza

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
lgz
Alternate Names
Digenja, Gendja, Gendza-Bali, Ligendza
User Population

43,000 (1986 SIL).

Location

Bas-Uele province: Aketi territory (Benza dialect); Mongala province: small areas in Bumba territory.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Ngombe (C.414)
Dialects

Bokoy, Elowa, Benza (Binja, Binza, Libenza, Libindja, Libinja), Bolupi.

Language Use

Also use Lingala [lin].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: High in Lingala [lin].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Ligenza