Ding language

Ding
Ding
Di
Native to	DR Congo
Region	Kasai River
Native speakers	160,000 (2002)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Boma–Dzing (B.80) Ding; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; diz – Di; nlo – Ngul; nzd – Nzadi; lvl – Lwel
Glottolog	ding1239 Ding; ngul1247 Ngwii; lwel1234 Lwel; nzad1234 Nzadi
Guthrie code	B.86

Ding (also called Di or Dzing) is a Bantu language that is spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Maho (2009) considers the following to be distinct languages closely related to Ding:

B861 Ngul (Ngwi), B862 Lwel (Kelwer), B863 Mpiin (Pindi), B864 West Ngongo, B865 Nzadi

References edit

^ Di at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Ngul at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Nzadi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Lwel at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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