Les noms des tribus et des langues sont orthographiés de manière plus diverses. Certaines variantes sont à mettre sur le compte de simple différences de transcription ; d’autres sont dues à la variabilité des noms eux-mêmes dans la langue en question.
Solution à trouver.
La solution pour être acceptable devra :
- Porter sur les noms des tribus (singulier et pluriel) et sur ceux des langues ;
- Valoir pour les noms en langue bantu et pour ceux en langue non bantu ;
- Prévoir les deux cas d’emploi : celui du substantif et celui de l’adjectif.
Nous distinguerons dès l’abord deux solutions, une partielle, et une générale : une partielle : celle seul qui satisfait les seuls linguistes et ethnologues et d’autres ; et une générale : celle qui vaut pour tous, même pour les non-initiés aux sciences africanistes.
Liste des noms ethniques et le territoire où il réside (T), soit le nom de la tribu dont il fait partie (/).
| N° | Ethnies | Territoire / tribu |
| 1 | abulu | Wamba |
| 2 | Amiangba | Dungu |
| 3 | Baba | /Banda |
| 4 | Aba fuliru | Uvira |
| 5 | Aba kiga | /Rwanda |
| 6 | banda | /Banda |
| 7 | Bandia | /bas-uele |
| 8 | Ngbinda
Ngwinda |
Buta |
| 9 | Abanya rwanda | /Rwanda |
| 10 | Barambo | Poko |
| 11 | Rundi | /Burundi |
| 12 | Siri | Ango |
| 13 | Boma | Mushie / Teke |
| 14 | Dakpa | /Banda |
| 15 | Diyo | Bondo |
| 16 | Dzing | Idiofa |
| 17 | Fumu | Mushie |
| 18 | Gbugbu
Gbugô |
/Banda |
| 19 | Gobu | /Banda |
| 20 | Hamba | /Kusu |
| 21 | Aka | Poko / Pygmées |
| 22 | Kare | Ango |
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| 23 | Kazibeti | Faradje |
| 24 | Kela | /Mongo |
| 25 | Langba | /Banda |
| 26 | Langbase | Banda |
| 27 | Lomboki | Isangi |
| 28 | Lua | /Kusu |
| 29 | Luwa | Feshi |
| 30 | Lunda | Kapanga |
| 31 | Alur | Mahagi |
| 32 | Lwena | Dilolo |
| 33 | Lwer | Idiofa |
| 34 | Amadi | Poko |
| 35 | Maidjuwu | Wamba |
| 36 | Makere | Buta |
| 37 | Malele | Poko |
| 38 | Mangbetu | Paulis |
| 39 | Mbandja | Banzyville |
| 40 | Mbole | Opala |
| 41 | Mbun | Idiofa |
| 42 | Medje
Megye |
Paulis |
| 43 | Amengi | Watsa |
| 44 | Mfunu | Kaangulu |
| 45 | Amiangba | Niangara |
| 46 | Mongoba | Watsa |
| 47 | Mono | Banda |
| 48 | Mput | Kikwit |
| 49 | Andali | Mambasa |
| 50 | Ndembo | Dilolo |
| 51 | Ndjal – nzadi | Idiofa |
| 52 | Angada
Angodo |
Bondo |
| 53 | Ngbandi | Banzyville ou Mobayi-Mbongo |
| 54 | Ngbo – Mbo | Mambasa |
| 55 | Ngbundu | /Banda |
| 56 | Ngul
Ngwi |
Idiofa |
| 57 | Nkusu | Riv. Lokenie |
| 58 | Nkutshu | Lodja |
| 59 | Ntsong | Kikwit |
| 60 | Nzakala | Bondo |
| 61 | Ombo | Kindu |
| 62 | Apagibeti | Mobayi-Mbongo |
| 63 | Pambia | Dungu |
| 64 | Pende | Gungu |
| 65 | Apindi | /Doko |
| 66 | Popoi | Bafwasende |
| 67 | Rund – lunda | Kapanga |
| 68 | Sambama tetela | Katako Kombe |
| 69 | Ashi Kongo | Boma |
| 70 | Shindji | Kahemba |
| 71 | Asua | Pygmées T. Poko |
| 72 | Teo
Tio |
Mushie |
| 73 | Togbo | /Banda |
| 74 | Bito | /Nande |
| 75 | Ava Fuleru – fuliro | Uvira |
| 76 | Ava Hambo | /Nande |
| 77 | Ava havu | Kalehe |
| 78 | Ava Hema
Ava Hima |
Bunia |
| 79 | Ava hira
Ava hiro |
/Nande |
| 80 | Ava homba | /Nande |
| 81 | Ava hororo | Ruanda |
| 82 | Ava huma | Bunia |
| 83 | Ava hwundja – hwindja | Kabare |
| 84 | Ava kira | /Nande |
| 85 | Ava kumbule | /Nande |
| 86 | Ava lega | /Nande |
| 87 | Ava lindja | /Shi |
| 88 | Ava longe – longe | Kabehe |
| 89 | Ava lwindja | Mwenga |
| 90 | Ava nande | Lubero |
| 91 | Avanya rwanda | /Rwanda |
| 92 | Ava nindja | Kabare/Shi |
| 93 | Avare | Faradje |
| 94 | Ava rundi | /Burundi |
| 95 | Ava shi | Kabare |
| 96 | Ava shu | /Nande |
| 97 | Ava shukali | /Nande |
| 98 | Ava songora | Beni |
| 99 | Ava swaga | /Nande |
| 100 | Ava tangi | /Nande |
| 101 | Ava yira | /Nande |
| 102 | Ava ziba | /Shi |
| 103 | Avokaya –i | Faradje |
| 104 | Awa sango | Mobayi-Mbongo |
| 105 | A Wemba – Bemba | Kasenga |
| 106 | Wum | Kasangulu |
| 107 | Yaka | Kasongo Lunda |
| 108 | Yakoma | Mobayi-Mbongo |
| 109 | Yakpa | /Banda |
| 110 | Yangere | Libenge |
| 111 | Yansi | Bandundu – ville |
| 112 | Zandi | Dungu |
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| 113 | Ba ambo – mbo | Mambasa |
| 114 | Ba amba | Beni |
| 115 | Ba angba | Banalia |
| 116 | Ba anza | Kasenga |
| 118 | Ba aushi | Sakania |
| 119 | Ba bai | Kutu |
| 120 | Ba baindumba | Lubero |
| 121 | Ba bali | Bafwasende |
| 122 | Ba bale | Makanza |
| 123 | Ba bale | Makanza |
| 124 | Ba bangi | Bikoro |
| 125 | Ba bango | Basoko |
| 126 | Ba bangu – bangu | Kabambare |
| 127 | Ba bati | Aketi |
| 128 | Ba beka | Lubero |
| 129 | Ba beke | Mambasa |
| 130 | Babelu – abelu | Wamba |
| 131 | Ba bemba | Sakania |
| 132 | Ba bembe | /Kongo |
| 133 | Ba bembe | Fizi |
| 134 | Ba bendja | Basoko |
| 135 | Ba benge | Aketi |
| 136 | Ba beo – angba | Banalia |
| 137 | Ba bera | Ubundu |
| 138 | Babeyru abulu | Wamba |
| 139 | Ba bila | Mambasa |
| 140 | Ba bili | Lubero |
| 141 | Ba bindi | Riv. Kasaï |
| 142 | Ba bindja | Aketi |
| 143 | Ba bindja | Zimba |
| 144 | Ba bindji (nord) | Riv. Kasaï |
| 145 | Ba binza | Bumba |
| 146 | Ba bira (plaine) | Bunia |
| 147 | Ba boa – bwa (est) | Buta |
| 148 | Boguru | Aketi |
| 149 | Boloki | Makanza |
| 150 | Ba Boma | /Kongo |
| 151 | Ba boma | Mushie |
| 152 | Ba bombi | /Nyali |
| 153 | Ba bombi | /Bila |
| 154 | Ba bomboli | Bomboma |
| 155 | Boro | Banalia |
| 156 | Ba boyo – buyu | Kabambare |
| 157 | Ba bua – bwa | Buta |
| 158 | Ba budia | Kabinda |
| 159 | Ba bu(d)jaba | Bomboma |
| 160 | Ba budu | Wamba |
| 161 | Bugbuma | Aketi |
| 162 | Bugombe | Beni |
| 163 | Buguru | Dungu |
| 164 | Bujaba | Bomboma |
| 165 | Ba bukur – buguru | Dungu |
| 166 | Ba bulu – boro | Banalia |
| 167 | Ba buti – mbuti | Mambasa pygmées |
| 168 | Ba buyu | Kabambare |
| 169 | Ba buvnuma | /Nyali sud |
| 170 | Ba bwari | Fizi |
| 171 | Ba bwende | /Kongo |
| 172 | Ba bwile | Kasenga |
| 173 | Ba dia
Ba dya |
Kutu |
| 174 | Ba diki – diki | Kasangulu |
| 175 | Ba dinga – dzing | Idiofa |
| 176 | Ba djo
Ba djogo – maidjuwu |
Wamba |
| 177 | Ba doko | Lisala |
| 178 | Ba ndombi – dombi | /Kumu |
| 179 | Ba ndondo – dondo | /Kongo |
| 180 | Ba dzing | Idiofa |
| 181 | Ba ena – genia | Kisangani |
| 182 | Ba enga | Mbandaka |
| 183 | Ba enya | Mbandaka |
| 184 | Ba foto | Busu Djanoa |
| 185 | Fuma | Isangi |
| 186 | Ba fuleru
Bavfuliru |
Uvira |
| 187 | Ba gala | Bondo |
| 188 | Ba gandjo | Basoko |
| 189 | Ba gangala | /Kongo |
| 190 | Gbase | Aketi |
| 191 | Gbe | Buta |
| 192 | Gbele | /Buguru |
| 192 | Gen (d) za gendza | Bumba |
| 193 | Gendja | /Ngombe |
| 194 | Gengele | Ubundu |
| 195 | Genza | Aketi |
| 196 | Bagilo furu | Bosobolo |
| 197 | Gindza | Bumba |
| 198 | Gingita | Buta |
| 199 | Ginza | Aketi |
| 200 | Goyi goi | /Rwanda |
| 201 | Hanga | Basoko |
| 202 | Havu | Kalehe |
| 203 | Hema Hima | Bunia |
| 204 | Hemba | Kalemie |
| 205 | Hianzi | Beni /Bira |
| 206 | Holo | Kasongo Lunda |
| 207 | Hombo Ombo | /Songola |
| 208 | Hombo Lumbu | Kalemie |
| 209 | Hongo | Basongo |
| 210 | Hulu | Kindu |
| 211 | Hunde | Rutshuru |
| 212 | Hungan | Kikwit |
| 213 | Hungana | Kikwit |
| 214 | Baka-ye | Mahagi |
| 215 | Kaiko | Beni |
| 216 | Liko | Wamba |
| 217 | Likoka | Makanza |
| 218 | Likolo | /Topoke |
| 219 | Lileko | Isangi |
| 220 | Ba Lima | Banalia |
| 221 | Ba Linga – linga | Riv. Lomami ; T. Opala |
| 222 | Ba Linga – ringa | Riv. Tshuapa |
| 223 | Lisi | Buta |
| 224 | Liutwa | Isangi |
| 225 | Lobala | Bomboma |
| 226 | Lobo | Makanza |
| 227 | Loi | Makanza |
| 228 | Lokele | Isangi |
| 229 | Lomotwa | Mitwaba |
| 230 | Lori lwer | Idiofa |
| 231 | Lua | Kikombo |
| 232 | Lualu lwalwa | Luisa |
| 233 | Luba | Pr. Kasai |
| 234 | Luba-hemba | Manono |
| 235 | Lubunda | T. Kongolo |
| 236 | Lulu | Opala |
| 237 | Lumbe | Pygm. Equateur |
| 238 | Lumbu | Kalemie |
| 239 | Lunda | Kapanga |
| 240 | Luwa | Feshi |
| 241 | Luwa – Luwa lwalwa | Luisa |
| 242 | Luwombila | Isangi |
| 243 | Bamanga mba | Banalia |
| 244 | Ba (ma) nyanga | /Kongo |
| 245 | Mbagani | Bindi-sud |
| 246 | Mbala | Riv. Lweta, T. Luisa |
| 247 | Mbala | /Kuba |
| 248 | Mbala | Masi – manimba |
| 249 | Mbata | /Kongo |
| 250 | Mbeko | /Kongo |
| 251 | Mbenga mbinga
Mbinga |
Pygm. Ubangi |
| 252 | Mbinsa | /Kongo |
| 253 | Mbo | Mambasa |
| 254 | Mbo Luba (bambo) | |
| 255 | Ba Mbole | Opala |
| 256 | Bambuba Mvuba | Beni |
| 257 | Ba Mbuli | Katako – Kombe |
| 258 | Kalanga | Kalemie |
| 259 | Kali Kari | Ango |
| 260 | Kamba | /Kongo |
| 261 | Kango | Buta, etc. |
| 262 | Kaonde | Kolwezi |
| 263 | Kare
Kari |
Ango |
| 264 | Kasanga | Kalemie |
| 265 | Kete | Pr. Kasai |
| 266 | Komo Kumu | Lubutu |
| 267 | Konda | /Konda |
| 268 | Kondjo Isanza | /Nande |
| 269 | Kongo | Matadi, etc. |
| 270 | Bakpa-o Bakpa | Mobayi – Mbongo |
| 271 | Bakpwa Buraka | Mobayi – Mbongo |
| 272 | Kuba | Mweka |
| 273 | Kumu | Lubutu |
| 274 | Kusu | Kikombo |
| 275 | Kutshu | Oshwe |
| 276 | Kutu | Boende |
| 277 | Bakwa luntu luntu | Dimbelenge |
| 278 | Bakwa mpushi mpushi | /Bakwa Mputu |
| 279 | Bakwa Mputu Mputu | Bakwa Luntu |
| 280 | Ba Kwenge | Kasongo |
| 281 | Kwanza | /Bila |
| 282 | Kwese | Gungu |
| 283 | Lala | Sakania |
| 284 | Lali | /Kongo |
| 285 | Lamba | Sakania |
| 286 | Langa | Kindu |
| 287 | Bale | Djugu |
| 288 | Ledze | /Bili |
| 289 | Lega | Shabunda |
| 290 | Leka | Ubundu |
| 291 | Balendu Bale | Djugu |
| 292 | Ba lengola lengola | Ubundu |
| 293 | Balese | Mambasa |
| 294 | Baletse | Mambasa |
| 295 | Ba Libinza libinza | Makanza |
| 296 | Lika Liko | Wamba |
| 297 | Lika | /Kango-Niangara |
| 298 | Likila | Makanza |
| 299 | Mbunda Mbun | Kikwit |
| 300 | Mbundu | /Angola |
| 301 | Mbuti | Mambasa pygm. |
| 302 | Ba mfunu
Ba mfunuka Ba mfunungu |
Kasangulu |
| 303 | Ba (mi) Mbala mbala | Luozi ; /Kongo |
| 304 | Mpangu | Madimba /Kongo |
| 305 | Mpe | Kutu |
| 306 | Mpende ngende | Mweka |
| 307 | Mputu mput | Kikwit |
| 308 | Bamvuba mvuba | Beni |
| 309 | Mwe | Bomboma |
| 310 | Nande | Lubero |
| 311 | Banda | Libenge |
| 312 | Ndembo | Dilolo |
| 313 | Ndibu | Mbanza – ngungu ; /Kongo |
| 314 | Ndila | /Benge |
| 315 | Ndingima | Buta |
| 316 | Bandja Mbandja | Mobayi Mbongo |
| 317 | Ndjari nzadi | Idiofa |
| 318 | Ndobo | Makanza |
| 319 | Ngala | Makanza |
| 320 | Bangba | Niangara |
| 321 | Ngbee
Ngbele |
Niangara |
| 322 | Ngbinda | Buta |
| 323 | Ngbelima | Banalia |
| 324 | Ngende | Mweka |
| 325 | Ngengele | Kindu |
| 326 | Ngilima ngbelima | Banalia |
| 327 | Bango bango | Kabambare |
| 328 | Ngoi ngoyo | Manono |
| 329 | Ngoli ngul | Idiofa |
| 330 | Ngombe | Lisala |
| 331 | Ngombe | Mweka |
| 332 | Ngombe | Lomela /Mongo |
| 333 | Ngongo | Nkutshu |
| 334 | Ngongo | Mweka |
| 335 | Ngongo | Kikwit |
| 336 | Ngoyo woyo | /Kongo |
| 337 | Ngoyo ngoyo | Manono |
| 338 | Nguli ngul | Idiofa |
| 339 | Ngwa Angba | Banalia |
| 340 | Banya bungu shi | Kabare |
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