Ligenza

LGZ

vigorous

Alternate Names: Digenja, Gendja, Gendza-Bali, Ligendza

Dialects: Benza (Binja, Binza, Libenza, Libindja, Libinja), Bokoy, Bolupi, Elowa.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Northwest
C
Ngombe (C.414)

Demographics: 43,000 (1986 SIL).

Language Use: Also use Lingala [lin].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: High in Lingala.

Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo