Binji language

{{Short description|Bantu language of DR Congo}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Binji

|nativename=

|states=Democratic Republic of the Congo

|region=

|speakers={{sigfig|165,000|2}}

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Luban

|fam7=Songe–Binji

|iso3=bpj

|glotto=binj1249

|glottorefname=Binji

|guthrie=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).Nurse & Phillipson 2003

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.