Losengo language
Losengo | |
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Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Native speakers | (67,000 cited 1983–2002)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
lse – inclusive codeIndividual codes: bkt – Boloki ndl – Ndolo ymg – Yamongeri |
Glottolog |
luse1252 (Lusengo)[2]ndol1238 (Ndolo)[3]bolo1262 (Boloki)[4] |
C.36 [5] |
Losengo (Lusengo) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has had a significant effect on Lingala, the most important Bantu language in the two Congos.
Maho (2009) lists the following dialects:[5]
- Poto (Pfoto), including Yakata
- Mpesa (Limpesa)
- Mbudza (cf. the related Budza language)
- Mangala (Ngala) [the name of the Bangi lingua franca that became Lingala]
- Loki (Boloki)
- Kangana
- Ndolo
(Yamongeri, however, is a variety of Mongo.)
References
- ↑ Losengo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Boloki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Ndolo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Yamongeri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Lusengo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Ndolo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Boloki". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- 1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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