Alternate Names: Mbandza, Mbanja, Mbanza
Dialects: Gbado, Kala.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 352,000 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (2000). Population total all countries: 362,460.
Language Use: Also use Lingala [lin], Ngbaka [nga]. Used as L2 by Gilima [gix], Mid-Southern Banda [bjo], Ngbundu [nuu], Yango [yng].
Language Development: NT: 1998.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo