{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in DR Congo}} {{Infobox language |name=Ntomba |altname=Bolia, Lia |region=Lake Tumba, Lake Mai-Ndombe |states=Democratic Republic of the Congo |speakers=100,000 Ntomba |date=1980 |speakers2=100,000 Lia (2000) |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Benue–Congo |fam4=Bantoid |fam5=Bantu (Zone C) |fam6=Bangi–Ntomba (C.30) |fam7=Mongo |lc1=nto|ld1=Ntomba |lc2=bli|ld2=Bolia |glotto=boli1263 |glottorefname=Bolia–Ntomba |guthrie=C.35 }} '''Ntomba''' and '''Lia''' (Bolia) are closely related Bantu languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, close enough to be considered dialects of a single Lia-Ntomba language.
The related Mongo language also has varieties called ''Ntomba'' or ''Ntumba''.
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{{Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo}} {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones C–D)}} {{Authority control}} Category:Bangi-Ntomba languages Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo