Mbulungish is a
Rio Nunez
Nunez River or Rio Nuñez (Kakandé) is a river in Guinea with its source in the Futa Jallon highlands. It is also known as the Tinguilinta River, after a village along its upper course.
Geography
Lying between the to the north and the Pongo ...
language of
Guinea. Its various names include ''Baga Foré, Baga Monson, Black Baga, Bulunits, Longich, Monchon, Monshon''. Wilson (2007) also lists the names ''Baga Moncõ''. The language is called ''Ciloŋic'' (''ci-lɔŋic'') by its speakers, who refer to themselves as the ''Buloŋic'' (''bu-lɔŋic'').
[Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. ''Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification''. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.]
As one of the two
Rio Nunez languages
The Rio Nunez (Rio Nuñez) or Nunez River languages constitute a pair of Niger–Congo languages, Mbulungish and Baga Mboteni. They are spoken at the mouth of the Nunez River in Guinea, West Africa.
The Rio Nunez languages have been studied by ...
of
Guinea, its closest relative is
Baga Mboteni.
Geographical distribution
Mbulungish is spoken in 22 coastal villages
Kanfarandé according to ''Ethnologue''.
According to Fields (2008:33-34), Mbulungish is spoken in an area to the south of the
Nunez River
Nunez River or Rio Nuñez (Kakandé) is a river in Guinea with its source in the Futa Jallon highlands. It is also known as the Tinguilinta River, after a village along its upper course.
Geography
Lying between the to the north and the Pongo ...
that includes the town of Monchon. Mboteni and Sitem are spoken to the north of Mbulungish.
[Fields-Black, Edda L. 2008. ''Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora''. (Blacks in the Diaspora.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press.]
References
Senegambian languages
Languages of Guinea
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