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. Phonology Consonants [ŋ] mainly occurs as a sound of /n/, when preceding a velar consonant. Vowels References Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Languages of the Republic of the Congo Languages of the Central African Republic Banda languages