Binji language
| Binji | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Native speakers | (170,000 cited 2000) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bpj |
| Glottolog | binj1249 |
L.231 | |
Binji is a Bantu language of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) states that it is close to Songe, which is otherwise isolated within the Luban languages established by Ahmed (1995).
In the literature it has been confused with Mbagani, which goes by the same name. For instance, Guthrie assigned code L.22 "Binji" to what Maho labels Mbagani; in Maho, true Binji is L.231. The two languages are separated by 200 km.