Pende language

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Pende

|nativename=Giphende

|states=Democratic Republic of the Congo

|region=Bandundu Province

|ethnicity=Pende people

|speakers=420,000

|date=1991

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Volta-Congo

|fam4=Benue–Congo

|fam5=Bantoid

|fam6=Southern Bantoid

|fam7=Bantu (Zone L)

|fam8=Holu–Pende (L.10)

|iso3=pem

|glotto=phen1239

|glottorefname=Phende

|guthrie=L.11

}}

{{infobox ethnonym|Muphende|Baphende|Giphende}}

Pende (Phende) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Giphende is spoken in Kwilu Province, in Gungu and Idiofa districts. The Bapende used to call themselves Akwa Nzumba (in Kasai), Akwa Thunda (in Gungu), or Akwa Mbongo (in Idiofa).