| Lengola | |
| Nativename: | Kilengola |
| States: | DR Congo |
| Speakers: | 100,000 |
| Date: | 1998 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Bantoid |
| Fam5: | Bantu (Zone D) |
| Fam6: | Lebonya ? |
| Iso3: | lej |
| Glotto: | leng1258 |
| Glottorefname: | Lengola |
| Guthrie: | D.12 |
Lengola (Lengora) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is not close to other Bantu languages. It may be closest to some of the D.30 languages in a group called "Lebonya".
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k ɡ | kp gb | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||
| Tap or Flap | ⱱ | |||||||
| Affricate | t̠ʃ d̠ʒ | |||||||
| Fricative | f v | s | ||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||
| Lateral approximant | l |
| Close | i | u | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |