Nsongo language

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Songo
Nsongo
Native to Angola
Native speakers
(50,000 cited 1978) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 nsx
Glottolog nson1238
H.24 [2]

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References

  1. Songo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online