Ngiti language

Ngiti
South Lendu
Ndruna
Native toCongo (DRC)
Native speakers
(100,000 cited 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3niy
Glottologngit1239

The Ngiti /əŋˈɡiːti/,[2] or South Lendu, are an ethnolinguistic group located in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ngiti speakers call their language Ndruna. In 1991, the Ngiti numbered 100,000 located in the Irumu territory south of Bunia.[3] During the Ituri conflict, the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri was formed as a Ngiti militia group and political party.[4]

  1. ^ Ngiti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
  3. ^ Ngiti from Ethnologue
  4. ^ "DRC: Who's who in Ituri – militia organisations, leaders", IRIN, 20 April 2005