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Sira Languages
The Sira languages are a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone B.40 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), together with a couple languages from H10, they form a valid node. They are: : (B.40) Punu language, Punu, Bwisi language, Bwisi, Varama language, Varama, Vungu language, Vungu, Shira language, Shira–Bwali, Sangu language (Gabon), Sangu, Lumbu language, Lumbu, (H.10) Vili language, Vili, Kunyi language, Kunyi. Maho (2009) adds Ngubi language, Ngubi. In addition, the unclassified Pygmy language Rimba language, Rimba (Irimba) is generally assumed to be a dialect of Punu. Footnotes References Sira languages, {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vungu Language
Vungu, or Vumbu, is a Bantu language The Bantu languages (English: , Proto-Bantu language, Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀), or Ntu languages are a language family of about 600 languages of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern, East Africa, Eastern and Southeast Africa, South ... of Gabon. References Sira languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngubi Language
Ngubi (Ngove) is a minor Bantu language of Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and .... References Sira languages Languages of Gabon {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunyi Language
Kunyi is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central .... References Kongo language {{bantu-lang-stub External links Petit guide d’orthographe et de grammaire KUNYI (KUNI) (2022) (French and Kunyi (or Kuni) language) par Raharimanantsoa Ruth. SIL-Congo; 44 pages. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vili Language
Vili (''Civili'') is one of the Zone H Bantu languages, grouped with the Kongo clade. The language has a few thousand native speakers spread along the coast between southern Gabon and Cabinda, most of them in the Republic of the Congo's Kouilou, Pointe-Noire and Niari departments. The Vili people (singular ''Muvili'', plural ''Bavili'') were the population of the 17th- to 18th-century Kingdom of Loango The Kingdom of Loango (also ''Luangu'', ''Luaangu'', ''Lwaangu'', ''Lwangu'', ''Luango'', ''Lwango'', ''Luaango'' or ''Lwaango'' Iko Kabwita Kabolo, ''Le royaume Kongo et la mission catholique 1750-1838'', KARTHALA Editions, 2004, p. 303-313) w ... in the same region. Phonology Consonants Consonants may also be labialized �when preceding /w/. Vowels References External links Viliat WolframAlpha Languages of the Republic of the Congo Languages of Gabon Kongo language {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lumbu Language
Lumbu is a Bantu language spoken in Gabon and the Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central .... References Languages of Gabon Sira languages Languages of the Republic of the Congo {{Gabon-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangu Language (Gabon)
Sangu (also spelled Chango, Isangu, Shango, Yisangou, and Yisangu) is a language spoken in Gabon by approximately 20,900 (2000) ''Masangu'' people. Bibliography * Daniel Franck Idiata, 2006. ''Parlons isangu''. (L'Harmattan) References External links Sanguat WolframAlpha "Parlons isangu" (fr)from Google Books Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical charac ... Languages of Gabon Sira languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shira Language
Shira is a Bantu language of Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and .... Maho (2009) considers Bwali to be a closely related language. Bwali does not have an ISO code. References Languages of Gabon Sira languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varama Language
Varama (Barama) is a Bantu language of Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and .... References Sira languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bwisi Language
Bwisi (also spelled Ibwisi, Mbwisi) is a language spoken mainly in the Kibangou District ( Niari Region) of the Republic of Congo, next to the Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ... border, where it is also spoken by a minority. According to the Ethnologue, approximately 4,250 people speak the language today worldwide. References External links Bwisiat WolframAlpha Languages of the Republic of the Congo Languages of Gabon Sira languages {{Bantu-lang-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punu Language
Yipunu, also known as Yisira, is a Bantu language spoken in the Republic of Gabon and the Republic of Congo The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central ... by several thousand people, mainly of the Punu and Ghisir ethnic groups, the largest of the four major ethnic groups in Gabon. Yipunu has about 120 thousand native speakers, mainly from the southern Region, including 8 thousand speakers in southern French Congo. It is classified as B.43 in the Guthrie classification. Phonology Consonants * /ɣ/ can also be heard as �in free variation. * /ᶬf, ⁿz/ can also be heard as voiceless ��v, ⁿsin free variation. Vowels * Vowels /a, e, o, eː, oː/ may also range to �, ɛ, ɔ, ɛː, ɔː * /i/ before sounds /u, w/ may be heard as an approximant � Lexicon Below ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |