Ding language

Ding (also called Di or Dzing) is a Bantu language that is spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ding
Di
Native to	DR Congo
Region	Kasai River
Native speakers	160,000 (2002)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Boma–Dzing (B.80) Ding
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: diz – Di nlo – Ngul nzd – Nzadi
Glottolog	ding1239  Ding[2] ngul1247  Ngul[3] lwel1234  Lwel[4] nzad1234  Nzadi[5]
Guthrie code	B.86[6]

Maho (2009) considers the following to be distinct languages closely related to Ding:

B861 Ngul (Ngwi), B862 Lwel (Kelwer), B863 Mpiin (Pindi), B864 West Ngongo, B865 Nzadi

(See Boma–Dzing languages.)

Only Ngul, which includes Ngwi, has an ISO code.

References

1. Di at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Ngul at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Nzadi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ding". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngul". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
4. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Lwel". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
5. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Nzadi". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
6. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online