Bwela language

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Bwela

|nativename=

|region=

|states=Democratic Republic of Congo

|speakers=8,400

|date=2002

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu

|fam6=Buja–Ngombe?

|iso3=bwl

|guthrie=C.42

|glotto=bwel1238

|glottorefname=Bwela

}}

Bwela, or Lingi, is a poorly known Congolese Bantu language of uncertain affiliation (though listed as Zone C.40 by Guthrie). It may be close to Tembo.{{cite web| editor-last1= Hammarström| editor-first1 = Harald| editor-last2 = Forke| editor-first2 = Robert| editor-last3 = Haspelmath| editor-first3 = Martin| editor-last4 = Bank| editor-first4 = Sebastian| year = 2020|title = Bwela| work = Glottolog 4.3| url = https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/bwel1238}}