Nsongo language

Not to be confused with the Songo (Nsong, Ntsuo) variety of Yansi.

Songo
Nsongo
Native to	Angola
Native speakers	unknown (50,000 cited 1978)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone H.20) Kimbundu ? Teke–Mbere? Songo
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nsx
Glottolog	nson1238[2]
Guthrie code	H.24[3]

Songo (Nsongo) is a Bantu language of Angola. It is similar to North Mbundu, and is often considered a dialect of that language. However, this may be a regional influence; it's been proposed that Nsongo is closest to the Teke languages and their relatives (Nurse 2003).

References

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