Alternative names are Bushongo, Bushoong, Busoong, Shongo, Ganga, Kuba, Mbale, Bamongo, Mongo.
Dialects are said to be Djembe, Ngende, Ngombe (Ngombia), Ngongo, Pianga (Panga, Tsobwa, Shobwa, Shoba).Pianga (Shuwa) is a distinct language, in the Tetela group.
The Bushong have a patron–client relationship with the Kasai Twa.
Referencesedit
J. Vansina, Esquisse de Grammaire Bushong, Commission Linguistique Africaine, Tervuren 1959.
^Bushong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
bushong, language, bushong, bantu, language, kasai, province, democratic, republic, congo, language, kuba, kingdom, bushongbushoongnative, todemocratic, republic, congoregionkasai, provincenative, speakers160, incl, shuwa, 2000, language, familyniger, congo, a. Bushong is a Bantu language of the Kasai Province of Democratic Republic of the Congo It was the language of the Kuba Kingdom BushongBushoongNative toDemocratic Republic of the CongoRegionKasai ProvinceNative speakers160 000 incl Shuwa 2000 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoVolta CongoBenue CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantu Zone C Bushoong languages C 80 BushongLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code buf class extiw title iso639 3 buf buf a Glottologbush1247Guthrie codeC 83 2 Alternative names are Bushongo Bushoong Busoong Shongo Ganga Kuba Mbale Bamongo Mongo Dialects are said to be Djembe Ngende Ngombe Ngombia Ngongo Pianga Panga Tsobwa Shobwa Shoba Pianga Shuwa is a distinct language in the Tetela group The Bushong have a patron client relationship with the Kasai Twa References editJ Vansina Esquisse de Grammaire Bushong Commission Linguistique Africaine Tervuren 1959 Bushong at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Jouni Filip Maho 2009 New Updated Guthrie List Online nbsp This Bantu language related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bushong language amp oldid 1211397653, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
