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Mongo language

Index 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. [1]

10 relations: Atlantic–Congo languages, Bangi–Ntomba languages, Bantoid languages, Bantu languages, Benue–Congo languages, Congo River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guthrie classification of Bantu languages, Mongo people, Tone (linguistics).

Atlantic–Congo languages

The Atlantic–Congo languages are a major division constituting the core of the Niger–Congo language family of Africa, characterised by the noun class systems typical of the family.

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Bangi–Ntomba languages

The Bangi–Ntomba languages are a group of Bantu languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of the Congo.

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Bantoid languages

Bantoid is a putative major division of the Benue–Congo branch of the Niger–Congo language family.

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Bantu languages

The Bantu languages (English:, Proto-Bantu: */baⁿtʊ̀/) technically the Narrow Bantu languages, as opposed to "Wide Bantu", a loosely defined categorization which includes other "Bantoid" languages are a large family of languages spoken by the Bantu peoples throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Benue–Congo languages

Benue–Congo (sometimes called East Benue–Congo) is a major subdivision of the Niger–Congo language family which covers most of Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Congo River

The Congo River (also spelled Kongo River and known as the Zaire River) is the second longest river in Africa after the Nile and the second largest river in the world by discharge volume of water (after the Amazon), and the world's deepest river with measured depths in excess of.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, the DRC, Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa.

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Guthrie classification of Bantu languages

The 250 or so "Narrow Bantu languages" are conventionally divided up into geographic zones first proposed by Malcolm Guthrie (1967–1971).

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Mongo people

The Mongo people are a Bantu ethnic group who live in the equatorial forest of Central Africa.

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Tone (linguistics)

Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning – that is, to distinguish or to inflect words.

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Bafoto language, Bafotó language, Bakutu dialect, Bokote dialect, Booli dialect, Bosaka dialect, Ekonda language, Ekota dialect, Emoma dialect, ISO 639:lol, ISO 639:ymg, Ikongo dialect, Iyembe dialect, Lionje dialect, Lionje language, Lomongo, Lomongo language, Lonkundo, Mbole dialect, Mongo language (Atlantic-Congo), Mongo-Nkunbo language, Mongo-Nkundo language, Mongo-Nkundu, Mongo-Nkundu language, Ngombe-Lomela dialect, Nkole dialect, Nkundo, Northeast Mongo dialect, Northwest Mongo dialect, South Mongo dialect, Yailima dialect, Yamongeri dialect, Yamongeri language, Yamongo dialect.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongo_language

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