{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Democratic Republic of Congo}} {{Infobox language |name=Losengo |nativename= |states=Democratic Republic of the Congo |region= |speakers=67,000 |date=1983–2002 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Benue–Congo |fam4=Bantoid |fam5=Bantu (Zone C) |fam6=Bangi–Ntomba (C.30) |fam7=Zamba–Binza |fam8=Losengo languages |iso3=lse |lc1=bkt |ld1=Boloki |lc2=ndl |ld2=Ndolo |guthrie=C.36 |glotto=luse1252 |glottoname=Lusengo |glotto2=ndol1238 |glottoname2=Ndolo |glotto3=bolo1262 |glottoname3=Boloki }}
'''Losengo''' (Lusengo) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has had a significant effect on Lingala, the most important Bantu language in the two Congos.
Maho (2009) lists the following dialects:<ref name="Guthrie"/> * Poto (Pfoto), including Yakata * Mpesa (Limpesa) * Mbudza (''cf.'' the related Budza language) * Mangala (Ngala) [the name of the Bangi lingua franca that became Lingala] * Loki (Boloki) * Kangana * Ndolo
(Yamongeri, however, is a variety of Mongo.)
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo}} {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones C–D)}} Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:Bangi-Ntomba languages