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Lega is a Bantu language, or dialect cluster, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are two major varieties, Shabunda Lega and Mwenga Lega; Mwenga Lega, with about 10% of speakers, finds Shabunda difficult to understand. Kanu has been assigned a separate ISO code but is a dialect of Shabunda, and no more divergent than other dialects.

Lega
Native toDR Congo
EthnicityLega
Native speakers
(450,000 cited 1982–2000)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Benue–Congo
      • Bantoid
        • Bantu (Zone D.20)
          • Lega–Binja
            • Lega–Bemba
              • Lega
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
lea – Shabunda Lega
lgm – Mwenga Lega
khx – Kanu
ktf – Kwami
Glottologlega1253
Guthrie code
D.25,251[2]
ELPKanu
A speaker of the Lega language, also called Kilega

Variant spellings of 'Lega' are Rega, Leka, Ileka, Kilega, Kirega. Shabunda is also known as Igonzabale, and Mwenga as Shile or Ishile. Gengele is reported to be a Shabunda-based creole.

According to Ethnologue, Bembe is part of the same dialect continuum. Nyindu is a dialect of Shi that has been heavily influenced by Lega.


References


  1. Shabunda Lega at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Mwenga Lega at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kanu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Kwami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online


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- [en] Lega language

[fr] Kilega

Le kilega (ou lega, ilega, ileka, kirega) est un continuum linguistique de langues bantoues parlées en République démocratique du Congo par les Lega, dans le territoire de Mwenga du Sud-Kivu, le sud-ouest du Nord-Kivu et les territoires de Shabunda et de Pangi du Maniema[1],[2].


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