Tsong language

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

{{Redirect-distinguish2|Nsong language|the Nsongo language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Tsong

|altname=Nsong, Ntsuo

|nativename=Itsong

|region=

|states=Democratic Republic of the Congo

|speakers={{sigfig|7,080|2}}

|date=2008

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone B)

|fam6=Boma–Dzing (B.80)

|dia1=Mpiin

|iso3=soo

|glotto=song1299

|glottorefname=Nsong-Mpiin

|guthrie=B.85D

|ELP=10900

|ELPname=Nsong

}}

Tsong or Nsong (ISO "Songo") is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was once misclassified as a dialect of Yansi.

References

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{{Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo}}

{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)}}

See also