The Ngiti, or South Lendu, is an ethnolinguistic group located in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

. Ngiti speakers call their language Ndruna. As of 1991, the Ngiti numbered 100,000 located in the Irumu territory

Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The provinces and districts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are divided into 192 territories and communes...

 south of Bunia

Bunia

Bunia is a city in Democratic Republic of the Congo and is the headquarters of Ituri Interim Administration in the Ituri region of Orientale Province....

. During the Ituri conflict

Ituri Conflict

The Ituri conflict is a conflict between the agriculturalist Lendu and pastoralist Hema ethnic groups in the Ituri region of the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo . While there have been many phases to the conflict, the most recent armed clashes ran from 1999 to 2003, with a low-level...

, the Front for Patriotic Resistance of Ituri

Front for Patriotic Resistance of Ituri

The Front for Patriotic Resistance of Ituri is a Beni-based armed militia and political party in the Ituri Province of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The FRPI was established in November 2002 from the Ngiti ethnic group as an ally to the Lendu Nationalist and Integrationist Front...

 was formed as a Ngiti militia group and political party.

Non-standard numeral system

Ngiti

Ngiti

The Ngiti, or South Lendu, is an ethnolinguistic group located in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ngiti speakers call their language Ndruna. As of 1991, the Ngiti numbered 100,000 located in the Irumu territory south of Bunia...

is reported to have a base-32 number system with base-4 cycles. The following is a list of some Ngiti numerals.

Number	Numeral
1	atdí
2	ɔyɔ
3	ɨ̀bhʉ
4	ɨ̀fɔ
8	àrʉ̀
12	otsi
16	ɔpɨ
20	àbà
24	àròtsí
28	àdzòro
32	wǎdhɨ̀
64	ɔyɔ wǎdhɨ̀
96	ɨ̀bhʉ wǎdhɨ̀
128	ɨ̀fɔ wǎdhɨ̀

Further reading

• Kutsch Lojenga, Constance. 1994. Ngiti: a Central-Sudanic language of Zaire. Nilo-Saharan, 9. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe