Songo | |
Nativename: | Nsongo |
States: | Angola |
Speakers: | 50,000 |
Date: | 1978 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone H.20) |
Fam6: | Kimbundu ? Teke–Mbere? |
Iso3: | nsx |
Glotto: | nson1238 |
Glottorefname: | Nsongo |
Guthrie: | H.24 |
Songo (Nsongo) is a Bantu language of Angola. It is similar to North Mbundu, and is often considered a dialect of that language. The true relationship may be a regional influence since it has been suggested that Nsongo and Teke, and its relatives, are close (Nurse 2003).