Mangbutu–Lese languages

The Mangbutu–Lese languages of the Central Sudanic language family, also known as Mangbutu–Efe or simply Mangbutu (e.g. Starostin 2016), are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Moru–Madi languages are spoken to the northeast, and Mangbetu languages are spoken to the west.^[1]

Mangbutu–Lese
Mangbutu–Efe
Geographic distribution	Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda
Linguistic classification	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Eastern Mangbutu–Lese
Subdivisions	Mangbutu Mvuba Ndo (Membitu) Mamvu Lese (incl. Efe) ?Bendi
Language codes
Glottolog	memb1239

The languages are:

Mangbutu, Mvuba, Ndo, Mamvu, Lese, Bendi.

Efe (the language of the Efe Pygmies) is often counted as another, but appears to be a dialect of Lese. Ndo (Membitu) is the most populous language and is spoken by a caste of blacksmiths.

See also

• Central Sudanic word lists (Wiktionary)