Sonde language

{{Short description|Bantu languages spoken in DRC}} {{distinguish|Bwende dialect{{!}}Sonde dialect of Kongo}} {{Infobox language |name=Sonde |nativename=''Kisoonde'' |states=[[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] |speakers=96,000 |date=2002 |ref=e25 |speakers2=(including Sonde L.101 below) |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone H|Zone H]]) |fam6=[[Yaka languages]] (H.30) |fam7=Suku–Sonde |iso3=shc |iso3comment=(includes Sonde L.101 below) |glotto=sond1250 |glottorefname=Sonde |guthrie=H.321 }} {{Infobox language |name=Sonde |nativename=(no distinct name known) |states=[[Democratic Republic of Congo]] |speakers= |date= |ref= |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone L|Zone L]]) |fam6=[[Pende languages|Holu–Pende]] (L.10) |iso3=shc |iso3comment=(included in Sonde H.321 above) |glotto=sond1250 |glottorefname=Sonde |guthrie=L.101 }}

'''Sonde''' is either of two [[Bantu languages]] of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. Maho (2009) classifies Sonde–''Kisoonde'' as closest to [[Suku language|Suku]], but lists an adjacent language also called Sonde as closer to [[Pende language|Pende]]. These are not distinguished in ''Ethnologue'' or by ISO code.<ref name="Guthrie"/>

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{{Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo}} {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones E–H)}} [[Category:Yaka languages]] [[Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]