| Mbandja | |
| States: | Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Banda |
| Dia1: | Kala |
| Dia2: | Gbado |
| Iso3: | zmz |
| Glotto: | mban1263 |
| Glottorefname: | Mbandja |
Mbandja (Banja, Mbanza) is the largest of the Banda languages. There are 350,000 speakers in DRC, 10,000 in the Republic of Congo, and an unknown number in CAR.
| Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental/ Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | |||||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | (pronounced as /link/) | ||||||
| Plosive/ Affricate | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| prenasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| implosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| voiced | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| prenasal | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||||
| Rhotic | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||||
| Lateral | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||||
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /link/ |