Ding language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in DR Congo}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Ding

| nativename = Di

| region = Kasai River

| states = DR Congo

| speakers = {{sigfig|163,400|2}}

| date = 2002

| ref = e18

| familycolor = Niger-Congo

| fam2 = Atlantic–Congo

| fam3 = Benue–Congo

| fam4 = Bantoid

| fam5 = Bantu (Zone B)

| fam6 = Boma–Dzing (B.80)

| lc1 = diz

| ld1 = Di

| lc2 = nlo

| ld2 = Ngul

| lc3 = nzd

| ld3 = Nzadi

| guthrie = B.86

| glotto = ding1239

| glottoname = Ding

| glotto2 = ngul1247

| glottoname2 = Ngwii

| glotto3 = lwel1234

| glottoname3 = Lwel

| glotto4 = nzad1234

| glottoname4 = Nzadi

| lc4 = lvl

| ld4 = Lwel

}}

Ding (also called Di or Dzing) is a Bantu language that is spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Maho (2009) considers the following to be distinct languages closely related to Ding:

: B861 Ngul (Ngwi), B862 Lwel (Kelwer), B863 Mpiin (Pindi), B864 West Ngongo, B865 Nzadi

(See Boma–Dzing languages.)