Alternate Names: Mashi, Nyabungu
Dialects: Hwindja (Lwindja), Lindja, Longe-Longe, Ziba. Lexical similarity: 70% with Havu , and Tembo ,, 57% with Hunde ,, 55% with Nande ,, 44% with Lega-Shabunda ,, 42% with Nyanga ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 654,000 (1991 UBS).
Language Use: Used as L2 by Havu [hav].
Language Development: Bible: 1997.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other Comments: Different from Mashi , of Zambia.