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Name:
Songe
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Songye; Kisongye; Lusonge; Kalebwe; Northeast Luba; Yembe; Kisonge; Luba-Songi; Kisongi; Soŋhe, lu-
Spoken in:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Number of speakers:
1,000,000 (Hoffman 1991). 150,000 in Western Kalebwe (1982 UBS)
(Ethnologue)
Code:
sop
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Niger-Congo (Niger-Kordofanian)
Parent Subgroup:
Songye (L.20); Group L.20 (sony)
Child Dialects:
Western Kalebwe; Esambi Kipya; Songe (sop-wes)
Mbagani (sop-mba)
Eastern Kalebwe; Kilombeno Kibya; Ikalebwe (sop-eas)
Map of Songe
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