Mongo, also called Nkundo or Mongo-Nkundu (Lomongo, Lonkundu), is a Bantu language spoken by several of the Mongo peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mongo speakers reside in the north-west of the country over a large area inside the curve of the Congo River. Mongo is a tonal language.
mongo, language, confused, with, cameroon, mongol, language, daju, mongo, also, called, nkundo, mongo, nkundu, lomongo, lonkundu, bantu, language, spoken, several, mongo, peoples, democratic, republic, congo, mongo, speakers, reside, north, west, country, over. Not to be confused with Mongo language Cameroon Mongol language or Daju Mongo language Mongo also called Nkundo or Mongo Nkundu Lomongo Lonkundu is a Bantu language spoken by several of the Mongo peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Mongo speakers reside in the north west of the country over a large area inside the curve of the Congo River Mongo is a tonal language MongoNkunduLomongoRegionDemocratic Republic of CongoEthnicityMongo peopleNative speakers 400 000 cited 1995 1 Language familyNiger Congo Atlantic CongoVolta CongoBenue CongoBantoidSouthern BantoidBantu Zone C Bangi NtombaMongo BoliaMongo Nkunda C 60 MongoLanguage codesISO 639 2 span class plainlinks lol span ISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code lol class extiw title iso639 3 lol lol a inclusive codeIndividual code a href https iso639 3 sil org code ymg class extiw title iso639 3 ymg ymg a YamongeriGlottologmong1338 Mongobafo1235 BafotoGuthrie codeC 61 611 C 36H 2 There are several dialects Maho 2009 lists one of these Bafoto Batswa de l Equateur C 611 as a separate language The others are 2 Kutu Bakutu including Longombe Bokote including Ngata Booli Bosaka Konda Ekonda including Bosanga Ekonda Ekota Emoma Ikongo including Lokalo Lomela Iyembe Lionje Nsongo Ntomba Yamongo Mbole including Nkengo Yenge Yongo Bosanga Mbole Mangilongo Lwankamba Nkole South Mongo including Bolongo Belo Panga Acitu Yailima Ngombe Lomela Longombe Ngome a MunaContents 1 Phonology 1 1 Consonants 1 2 Vowels 2 References 3 External linksPhonology editConsonants edit Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar GlottalNasal m n ɲ ŋPlosive plain p b t d k ɡprenasal ᵐp ᵐb ⁿt ⁿd ᵑk ᵑɡAffricate plain t s d zprenasal ⁿt s ⁿd zFricative plain f s hprenasal ⁿsLateral lApproximant w j d z can be heard as alveolar or dental d z and t s can be alveolar or postalveolar t ʃ when before front vowels 3 Vowels edit Front Central BackClose i uClose mid e oOpen mid ɛ ɔOpen aReferences edit Mongo at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Yamongeri at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required a b Jouni Filip Maho 2009 New Updated Guthrie List Online de Rop Albert J 1958 Grammaire du lomongo phonologie et morphologie Leuven amp Leopoldville Universite Lovanium External links editMongo Nkundo on PanAfril10n 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 Mongo language amp oldid 1156535437, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
