Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 sop
Songe Language Kisongye
Songe is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Songe is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Songe
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- Benue-Congo
- Bantoid
- Southern Bantoid
- Narrow Bantu
- Central-Western Bantu
- Luban
- Luba-Kaonde
- Songe
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Songe language
Songe (Kisongye) is spoken by about 1.0 million people, which makes it the 481st most spoken language in the world — just behind Ronga (1.0 million) and ahead of Campidanese Sardinian (1.0 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Luba-Kaonde group within the Benue-Congo branch.
Where is Songe spoken?
Songe is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in DR Congo (1.0 million).
Songe is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Songe is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Luba-Lulua, Luba-Katanga, Lingala, Umbundu, Kimbundu, Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo) and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 sop.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.