Nsongo language

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Angola}}

{{Confused|text= the Nsong language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Songo

|nativename=Nsongo

|states=Angola

|region=

|speakers=50,000

|date=1978

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone H.20)

|fam6=Kimbundu ?
Teke–Mbere?

|iso3=nsx

|glotto=nson1238

|glottorefname=Nsongo

|guthrie=H.24

}}

Songo (Nsongo) is a Bantu language of Angola. It is similar to North Mbundu, and is often considered a dialect of that language. The true relationship may be a regional influence since it has been suggested that Nsongo and Teke, and its relatives, are close (Nurse 2003).