| Binji | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Native speakers | (170,000 cited 2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bpj |
| Glottolog | binj1249 |
L.231[2] | |
Binji is aBantu language of easternDemocratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) states that it is close toSonge, which is otherwise isolated within theLuban languages established by Ahmed (1995).[3]
In the literature it has been confused withMbagani, 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.