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Lega is a Bantu language or dialect cluster of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are two major varieties Shabunda Lega and Mwenga Lega; Mwenga Lega with about 10% of speakers finds Shabunda difficult to understand. Kanu has been assigned a separate ISO code but is a dialect of Shabunda and no more divergent than other dialects. Variant spellings of ‘Lega’ are Rega Leka Ileka Kilega Kirega. Shabunda is also known as Igonzabale and Mwenga as Shile or Ishile.