The Mangbutu–Lese languages of the Central Sudanic language family, also known as Mangbutu–Efe or simply Mangbutu (e.g. Starostin 2016), are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
Moru–Madi languages are spoken to the northeast, and Mangbetu languages are spoken to the west.
[1] The languages are: Efe (the language of the Efe Pygmies) is often counted as another, but appears to be a dialect of Lese.
Ndo (Membitu) is the most populous language and is spoken by a caste of blacksmiths.
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