Binji language

Binji is a Bantu language of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) states that it is close to Songe, which is otherwise isolated within the Luban languages established by Ahmed (1995).^[3]

Binji
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	(170,000 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu Luban Songe–Binji Binji
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bpj
Glottolog	binj1249
Guthrie code	L.231[2]

In the literature it has been confused with Mbagani, which goes by the same name. For instance, Guthrie assigned code L.22 "Binji" to what Maho labels Mbagani; in Maho, true Binji is L.231. The two languages are separated by 200 km.