Kongo languages

Beembe (Pangwa, Doondo, Kamba, Gangala), Ndingi, Kunyi, Mboka, Kongo, Western Kongo, Laari (Laadi), Vili, Yombe, Suundi

Languages

Glottolog, based on Koen Bostoen (2018, 2019), classifies two dozen languages of the Kongo language cluster as follows:

• Kikongo language cluster
  • Hungan-Samba: Hungan, Samba
  • Nuclear cluster
    • Yaka-Suku: Suku, Yaka-Pelende-Lonzo
    • "Kikongoic"
      • Beembe
      • Kambakunyic Kikongo
        • Kamba-Kunyi: Kaamba, Kunyi
        • Kilaadic Kikongo
          • Nuclear Northern Kikongo: Doondo, Laari, Suundi
          • Central-Southern Kikongo
            • Southeastern Kikongo
              • Eastern Kikongo
              • Southern Kikongo: Hungu-Pombo, Koongo-Kituba (Congo Kituba, DRC Kituba, South-Central Koongo)
            • West Kikongo
              • San Salvador Kongo
              • Yombe
              • Vilic
                • Vili
                • Lumbuic
                  • Lumbu, Bwisi
                  • Ngubi; Punu - Vumbu (Vungu), Sangu - Sira - Barama

These are closest to Mbuun, Ngongo and Nsong-Mpiin.