Binji language

Binji
Binji
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	170,000 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Luban Songe–Binji Binji; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bpj
Glottolog	binj1249
Guthrie code	L.231

Binji is a Bantu language of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) states that it is close to Songe, which is otherwise isolated within the Luban languages established by Ahmed (1995).^[3]

In the literature it has been confused with Mbagani, 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.

^ Binji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
^ Nurse & Phillipson 2003

[e18-1] Binji at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[Nurse-3] Nurse & Phillipson 2003

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