Bushong language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Democratic Republic of Congo}}

{{Infobox language

|name =Bushong

|nativename =Bushoong

|states =Democratic Republic of the Congo

|region =Kuba Kingdom, Kasai Province

|speakers ={{sigfig|155,000|2}}, incl. Shuwa

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Southern Bantoid

|fam7=Bantu (Zone C)

|fam8=Bushoong languages (C.80)

|iso3=buf

|glotto=bush1247

|glottorefname=Bushoong

|guthrie=C.83

}}

Bushong is a Bantu language of the Kasai Province of Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the language of the Kuba Kingdom.

Alternative names are Bushongo, Bushoong, Busoong, Shongo, Ganga, Kuba, Mbale, Bamongo, Mongo.

Dialects are said to be Djembe, Ngende, Ngombe (Ngombia), Ngongo, Pianga (Panga, Tsobwa, Shobwa, Shoba). Pianga (Shuwa) is a distinct language, in the Tetela group.

The Bushong have a patron–client relationship with the Kasai Twa.