Mangbutu–Lese languages
Central Sudanic language cluster
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Geographic distribution | Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda |
Linguistic classification | Nilo-Saharan?
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Glottolog | memb1239 |
The Mangbutu–Lese languages of the Central Sudanic language family, also known as Mangbutu–Efe or simply Mangbutu (e.g. Starostin 2016), are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Moru–Madi languages are spoken to the northeast, and Mangbetu languages are spoken to the west.[1]
The languages are:
- Mangbutu, Mvuba, Ndo, Mamvu, Lese, Bendi.
Efe (the language of the Efe Pygmies) is often counted as another, but appears to be a dialect of Lese. Ndo (Membitu) is the most populous language and is spoken by a caste of blacksmiths.
See also
- Central Sudanic word lists (Wiktionary)
Footnotes
- ^ Bokula, Moiso & Agozia-Kario Irumu. 1994. Bibliographie et matériaux lexicaux des langues Moru-Mangbetu (Soudan-Central, Zaïre). Annales Aequatoria 10: 203‒245.
References
- Nilo-Saharan list (Blench 2000)
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Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
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Italics indicate extinct languages
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