Songoora

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
sod
Alternate Names
Binja, Kesongola, Songola
User Population

49,600 (2019 M. Kate-ke-sombe), all users. 152 villages. L1 users: 1,300 (Welmers 1971a).

Location

Maniema province: Kindu, Punia, and Shabunda territories, small area in Sud-Kivu province. Maniema province: Kindu territory (Gengele dialect).

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Lega-Holoholo (D.24)
Dialects

Gengele (Kegengele), North Binja. North and South Binja dialects may be separate languages. Gengele dialect is reportedly a creole based on Lega-Shabunda [lea], Kusu [ksv], and other languages (1991 W. Mwangati).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Songoora
Other Comments

Different from the Songoora (Edi Songoora) dialect of Nande [nnb].