Losengo language

Losengo
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	(67,000 cited 1983–2002)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bangi–Ntomba (C.30) Zamba–Binza Losengo languages Losengo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	lse – inclusive code Individual codes: bkt – Boloki ndl – Ndolo ymg – Yamongeri
Glottolog	luse1252  (Lusengo)[2] ndol1238  (Ndolo)[3] bolo1262  (Boloki)[4]
Guthrie code	C.36[5]

Losengo (Lusengo) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has had a significant effect on Lingala, the most important Bantu language in the two Congos.

Maho (2009) lists the following dialects:^[5]

• Poto (Pfoto), including Yakata
• Mpesa (Limpesa)
• Mbudza (cf. the related Budza language)
• Mangala (Ngala) [the name of the Bangi lingua franca that became Lingala]
• Loki (Boloki)
• Kangana
• Ndolo

(Yamongeri, however, is a variety of Mongo.)

References

1. Losengo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Boloki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Ndolo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Yamongeri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lusengo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ndolo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
4. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Boloki". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
5. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online