Songoora

SOD

vigorous

Alternate Names: Binja, Kesongola, Songola

Dialects: Gengele (Kegengele), North Binja, South Binja. North and South Binja dialects may be separate languages. Gengele dialect is reportedly a creole based on Lega-Shabunda ,, Kusu ,, and other languages (1991 W. Mwangati).

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Central
D
Lega-Holoholo (D.24)

Demographics: 1,300 (Welmers 1971).

Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other Comments: Different from the Songoora (Edi Songoora) dialect of Nande ,.