Nsong
[aka Songo]Classification: Bantu
·threatened
- MORE ON VITALITY
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Nsong scores low on all nine UNESCO criteria for assessing language vitality and can therefore be considered severely endangered.
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
Other languages in the area include Pende, Kwezo, Mpiin, Hungaan, Mbuun, Mbala, Ngoongo, and Kikongo.
- PLACES
- Kikwit; Bulumbu; Mbelo; Kisumba; Kiyaka; Mbushi; Kabamba; Kisala-Kafumba; Kafumba in the Kipuka sector of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
The climate of this region is wet tropical according to the Köppen classification. It has a rainy season and a try season, the latter of which lasts about three months from about mid-May to mid-August. These are also the hottest months. The landscape has many hills and plateaus. There are forests as well as savannahs.