Mpuono, or Mpuun, is a Bantu language spoken by several hundred thousand people in the

Democratic Republic of 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 ...

. Dialects include Mpuono, Mpuun (Mbuun, Kimbuun, Gimbunda).

Literature

Two Gospels were translated by E. and A. Haller, both of Mission de Mangungu. The Gospel of John was published in 1935, as Lasang Labve la afun kangi Yone; and the Gospel of Matthew in 1951, as Lasang Labve lafun Matayo. These were published by the Société Biblique Britannique et Étrangère ( British and Foreign Bible Society). A collection of proverbs with French translations and explanations has been published.Muluwa, Joseph Koni, and Koen Bostoen. "Un recueil de proverbes mbuun d'Imbongo (RD Congo, bantu B87)." In ''Annales aequatoria'', pp. 381-423. Centre Æquatoria, 2008.

References

Teke languages Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo {{Bantu-lang-stub