Mongo language
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Lomongo
)Mongo | |
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Nkundu | |
Lomongo | |
Region | Democratic Republic of Congo |
Ethnicity | Mongo people |
Native speakers | (400,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | lol |
ISO 639-3 | lol – inclusive codeIndividual code: ymg – Yamongeri |
Glottolog | mong1338 Mongobafo1235 Bafoto |
C.61,611; C.36H [2] |
Mongo, also called Nkundo or Mongo-Nkundu (Lomongo, Lonkundu), is a Bantu language spoken by several of the
tonal language
.
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 à Múná
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Plosive
|
plain | p b | t d | k ɡ | ||
prenasal | ᵐp ᵐb | ⁿt ⁿd | ᵑk ᵑɡ | |||
Affricate
|
plain | t͡s d͡z | ||||
prenasal | ⁿt͡s ⁿd͡z | |||||
Fricative
|
plain | f | s | h | ||
prenasal | ⁿs | |||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant
|
w | j |
- /d͡z/ can be heard as alveolar or dental [d̪͡z̪] and /t͡s/ can be alveolar or postalveolar [t͡ʃ], when before front vowels.[3]
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
References
- ^ 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 & Léopoldville: Université Lovanium.
External links
- Mongo, Nkundo on PanAfril10n