Mongo language

Mongo
Mongo
Nkundu
Lomongo
Region	Democratic Republic of Congo
Ethnicity	Mongo people
Native speakers	(400,000 cited 1995)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bangi–Ntomba Mongo–Bolia Mongo–Nkunda (C.60) Mongo; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-2	lol
ISO 639-3	lol – inclusive code; Individual code:; ymg – Yamongeri
Glottolog	mong1338 Mongo; bafo1235 Bafoto
Guthrie code	C.61,611; C.36H

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.

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
Plosive	prenasal	ᵐp ᵐb	ⁿt ⁿd		ᵑk ᵑɡ
Affricate	plain		t͡s d͡z
Affricate	prenasal		ⁿt͡s ⁿd͡z
Fricative	plain	f	s			h
Fricative	prenasal		ⁿs
Lateral			l
Approximant		w		j

/d͡z/ can be heard as alveolar or dental and /t͡s/ can be alveolar or postalveolar , 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

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[e18-1] Mongo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Yamongeri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Guthrie-2] Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

[3] Rop, Albert J. (1958). Grammaire du lomongo: phonologie et morphologie. Leuven & Léopoldville: Université Lovanium.

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Mongo
Nkundu
Lomongo
Region	Democratic Republic of Congo
Ethnicity	Mongo people
Native speakers	(400,000 cited 1995)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta-Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bangi–Ntomba Mongo–Bolia Mongo–Nkunda (C.60) Mongo
Language codes
ISO 639-2	`lol`
ISO 639-3	`lol` – inclusive code Individual code: `ymg` – Yamongeri
Glottolog	`mong1338` Mongo `bafo1235` Bafoto
Guthrie code	`C.61,611; C.36H`^[2]