Binji language

Binji
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	170,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Luban Songe–Binji Binji
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bpj
Glottolog	binj1249
Guthrie code	L.231[2]

Binji is a Bantu language of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) states that it is close to Songe, which is otherwise isolated within the Luban languages established by Ahmed (1995).^[3]

In the literature it has been confused with Mbagani, which goes by the same name. For instance, Guthrie assigned code L.22 "Binji" to what Maho labels Mbagani; in Maho, true Binji is L.231. The two languages are separated by 200 km.

References

1. Binji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
3. Nurse & Phillipson 2003