Bushong (Bushoong) is a
Bantu
Bantu may refer to:
*Bantu languages, constitute the largest sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages
*Bantu peoples, over 400 peoples of Africa speaking a Bantu language
* Bantu knots, a type of African hairstyle
*Black Association for National ...
language of the
Kasai region
Kasai or Kasaï may refer to:
Places
Congo
* Congo-Kasaï, one of the four large provinces of Belgian Congo
* Kasaï District, in the Kasai-Occidental province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Kasai Province, one of the provinces ...
of
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
. It was the language of the
Kuba Kingdom
The Kuba Kingdom, also known as the Kingdom of the Bakuba or Bushongo, is a traditional kingdom in Central Africa. The Kuba Kingdom flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries in the region bordered by the Sankuru, Lulua, and Kasai rivers i ...
.
Alternative names are ''Bushongo, Busoong, Shongo, Ganga,
Kuba, Mbale, Bamongo, Mongo''.
Dialects are said to be ''Djembe, Ngende, Ngombe (Ngombia), Ngongo, Pianga (Panga, Tsobwa, Shobwa, Shoba).''
Pianga (Shuwa) is a distinct language, in the
Tetela group.
The Bushong have a patron–client relationship with the
Kasai Twa.
References
*
J. Vansina, ''Esquisse de Grammaire Bushong'', Commission Linguistique Africaine, Tervuren 1959.
Bushoong languages
Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
{{Bantu-lang-stub