Sonde language

Sonde
	(no distinct name known)
Native to	Democratic Republic of Congo
Native speakers	(see above)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone L) Holu–Pende (L.10) Sonde; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	shc (included in Sonde H.321 above)
Glottolog	sond1250[2]
Guthrie code	L.101[3]

Sonde
	Kisoonde
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	96,000 (2002)[1]; (including Sonde L.101 below)
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone H) Yaka languages (H.30) Suku–Sonde Sonde; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	shc (includes Sonde L.101 below)
Glottolog	sond1250[2]
Guthrie code	H.321[3]

Sonde is either of two Bantu languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Maho (2009) classifies Sonde–Kisoonde as closest to Suku, but lists an adjacent language also called Sonde as closer to Pende. These are not distinguished in Ethnologue or by ISO code.[3]

References

Sonde at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sonde". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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[e18-1] Sonde at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Sonde". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[Guthrie-3] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online