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Ngondi–Ngiri Languages
The Ngondi–Ngiri languages are a clade of Bantu languages. The Ngondi languages are coded Zone C.10 (Ngondi) in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they form a valid node with the Ngiri language(s) of C.30: : Ngondi (C.10): Aka Aka, AKA or a.k.a. may refer to: * "Also known as", used to introduce an alternative name Languages * Aka language (Sudan) * Aka language, in the Central African Republic * Hruso language, in India, also referred to as Aka * a prefix in the n ... (Yaka, Benzele) – Ngando (incl. Kota), Bole (Dibole), Ngondi, Pande (incl. Gongo), Mbati, Bomitaba–Enyele–Bondongo–Mbonzo, Bongili, Bala (Lobala), Bomboli–Bozaba; (C.30) Ngiri (Loi, Likila)–Mabale–Ndobo–Litoka–Balobo–Enga Footnotes References * {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomboli–Bozaba Language
Bomboli (also ''Bombongo'') and Bozaba constitute a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bomboli is spoken in the towns of Kungu and Dongo in the Sud-Ubangi Sud-Ubangi (French for "South Ubangi") is one of the 21 new provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo created in the 2015 repartitioning. It lies in the northwest of the country on the Ubangi River. Sud-Ubangi, Équateur, Mongala, No ... province, specifically on a canal flowing into Ngiri river, north of Bomongo. Bozaba is spoken northwest of the confluence of the Ngiri and Mwanda rivers, in Kungu territory, Mwanda collectivité. References Ngondi-Ngiri languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bala Language
Bala (''Lobala'') is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to Maho (2009), it includes Boko (''Iboko''). Distribution and status Bala is spoken in the northwest corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo west of the Congo River by about 60,000 people. Most of these are not monolingual, but the language is being passed on to the next generation, especially in more remote areas. ''Ethnologue'' classifies the language as "vigorous", meaning that it is sustainable.Lobala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) There are four dialects of Bala: Likoka, Poko (''Iboko''), South Lobala, and Tanda. Negation Like many languages in the Benue-Congo group, Bala forms negatives by adding an affix to the verbal phrase. However, Bala is unusual in that it adds two affixes to form negatives. These are added as a prefix and a suffix to the subject affix. For example, :''ba-tub-aka'' ::They sang :''te-ba-ik-aka tuba'' ::They did not sing Here the ''te'' and the ''ik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bomitaba Language
Bomitaba (Mbomitaba) is a Bantu language of the Republic of Congo, with a couple hundred speakers in the Central African Republic. Maho (2009) lists the C141 Enyele (Inyele), C142 Bondongo languages, which do not have ISO codes, as being closest to Bomitaba, as well as C143 Mbonzo (also known as Bonjo or Impfondo), which does have an ISO code. Bomitaba is spoken in the northern part of the Congo, particularly on the banks of the Likouala-aux-Herbes river north of Epena Epena is a village of 2000 people, and seat of Epena District in the Likouala Department of northeastern Republic of the Congo. It is on the Likouala-aux-Herbes river, just east of the Lake Télé Community Reserve. Notable residents *Aminata .... South of Epena the people identify as ethnically Bomitaba but speak the Dibole language, as the term 'Bomitaba' likely arose only during the colonial period.LEITCH, Myles, and Myles Leich. “LANGUAGE AND DIALECT IN EPENA DISTRICT SOUTH.” Annales Aequatoria, vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbati Language
Mbati, also known as Songo, is the principal Bantu language spoken in the Central African Republic, along the Ubangi River The Ubangi River (), also spelled Oubangui, is the largest right-bank tributary of the Congo River in the region of Central Africa. It begins at the confluence of the Mbomou (mean annual discharge 1,350 m3/s) and Uele Rivers (mean annual discharge ... in the extreme south of the country. References Ngondi-Ngiri languages Languages of the Central African Republic {{CentralAfricanRepublic-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pande Language
Pande, also known as Pande-Gongo after its two dialects, is a Bantu language of the Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th .... References Ngondi-Ngiri languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bole Language (Bantu)
Bole, also known as ''Dibole'' or ''Babole'', is a Bantu language spoken in the Likouala Department in the Republic of Congo. Speakers are clustered in villages on the Likouala-aux-Herbes river, south of Epena Epena is a village of 2000 people, and seat of Epena District in the Likouala Department of northeastern Republic of the Congo. It is on the Likouala-aux-Herbes river, just east of the Lake Télé Community Reserve. Notable residents *Aminata .... References Ngondi-Ngiri languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngando Language (Central African Republic)
Ngando is a Bantu languages of the Central African Republic. Maho (2009) lists Ngando proper and the Kota (Dikota) dialect -- not to be confused with the Kota language (Gabon) (iKota) or the Kota language (India) Kota is a language of the Dravidian language family with about 9000 native speakers in the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu state, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest c ... (Kō mānt) -- as separate languages. References Ngondi-Ngiri languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aka Language
Aka, also known as Yaka or Beka, is a Bantu language spoken in the Central African Republic and Republic of Congo, along the Ubangi River dividing the two countries. Aka is spoken by the Aka people, pygmies closely related to the Ubangian-speaking Baka of Cameroon, Congo and Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort .... Together, these peoples are known as the Mbenga (''Bambenga'') or Binga (''Babinga''), the latter derogatory. Famously, Aka shares vocabulary with the Baka languages, mostly concerning a specialised forest economy, such as words for edible plants, medicinal plants and honey collecting. This is among the 30% of Aka which is not Bantu and the 30% of Baka which is not Ubangian and has been posited as the remnant of an ancestral Western Pygmy (Mbeng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |