Sonde language explained

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
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu (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
Sonde
Nativename:(no distinct name known)
States:Democratic Republic of Congo
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu (Zone L)
Fam6: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, but lists an adjacent language also called Sonde as closer to Pende. These are not distinguished in Ethnologue or by ISO code.