CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngundi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:862
LANGUAGE:Mbati
LOCATION:S Central African Republic
POPULATION:15,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngundi
OTHERSOURC:AGT
CONSONANTS:
t k kp b ʔb d ʔd ɡ ɡb ɸ s z m n ñ l
STOPS:b ʔb t d ʔd k ɡ kp ɡb
FRICATIVES:ɸ s z
NASALS:m n ñ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:Nc b d ɡ ɡb z
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
TONES:extra-hi hi mid lo ris fall
NUMBER:863
LANGUAGE:Mbomotaba
ALTERNATEN:Babole, Dibole
LOCATION:Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngundi
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:864
LANGUAGE:Bongili
LOCATION:Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngundi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:865
LANGUAGE:Lobala
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngundi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:866
LANGUAGE:Mboko2
LOCATION:Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:867
LANGUAGE:Akwa
LOCATION:NE Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
OTHERSOURC:AGT
CONSONANTS:
p t k kp ɓ ɗ ɡ ɡb s v z m n ñ l
STOPS:p ɓ t ɗ k ɡ kp ɡb
FRICATIVES:v s z
NASALS:m n ñ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:Nc b d ɡ ɡb z
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
TONES:hi lo ris fall
NUMBER:868
LANGUAGE:Ngare
LOCATION:Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:869
LANGUAGE:Koyo
LOCATION:Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
OTHERSOURC:E
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:870
LANGUAGE:Mboshi
LOCATION:Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:871
LANGUAGE:Kwala
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:872
LANGUAGE:Kuba
LOCATION:Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:873
LANGUAGE:Ngiri
ALTERNATEN:Mabaale
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
POPULATION:6,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
OTHERSOURC:Tanghe, J. 1929. "Mable Stories," BSOAS 5, 359-78 & 571-86.
CONSONANTS:
p t k b (ɓ) d ɡ ɡ̌ f s ž m n ŋ l
STOPS:p b (ɓ) t d k ɡ
AFFRICATES:ɡ̌
FRICATIVES:f s ž
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:Nc p b t d k ɡ ɡ̌ s
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i I e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u ʋ o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:14
DEMONSTRAT:3
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6 3 & 6 vary with noun class
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:874
LANGUAGE:Bobangi
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
GRAMMAR:GD: Whitehead, John. 1899. Grammar and Dictionary of the Bobangi Language. London. [Reprinted 1964 by Gregg Press, Ridgewood, NJ]
CONSONANTS:
p t k b d ɡ ts s z m n l
STOPS:p b t d k ɡ
AFFRICATES:ts
FRICATIVES:s z
NASALS:m n
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:Nc
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i I e
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
TONES:
hi lo
STRESS:initial
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:11 (kinship terms, names of foreign origin)
DEMONSTRAT:3 this here, that yonder visible, that remote invisible (=ref)
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6 3 & 6 vary with noun class
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:875
LANGUAGE:Sengele
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
OTHERSOURC:WALS
CONSONANTS:
SYNTAX:SVO
NUMBER:876
LANGUAGE:Sakata
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:877
LANGUAGE:Ntomba
ALTERNATEN:Bolia
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
POPULATION:45,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
GRAMMAR:GD: Mamet, M. 1955. La langue ntomba. Tervuren: Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge.
CONSONANTS:
p t k b d (f) s h m n ŋ l
STOPS:p b t d k
FRICATIVES:(f) s h
NASALS:m n ŋ
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:Nc p b t d k ɡ s z ž
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
LONGVOWELS:v̄ all
MODIFIEDVO:vowel harmony
TONES:hi lo ris fall
STRESS:root initial
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:9
DEMONSTRAT:3 + ref
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3 6
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
NUMBER:878
LANGUAGE:Losengo
DIALECT:Lingala
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
POPULATION:7 million
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
DICTIONARY:
Blavier, E. 1958. Dictionnaire-Woordenboeck: lingala-français-néerlandais. Leopoldville : La Librairie Congolaise.
GRAMMAR:
GD: Guthrie, Malcolm. 1939. Grammaire et dictionnaire de lingala Cambridge, Eng: W. Heffer Sons. [Reprinted 1966 by Gregg Press, Farnborough, England]. Bwantsa-Kafungu, Pierre. 1970. Esquisse grammaticale de lingala. Kinshasa: Univ of Lovanium. Ellington, John. 1974. A Handbook of Kinshasa Lingala. n.p. Redden, James and F.Bongo. 1963. Lingala: Basic Course. Washington, D.C.: Foreign Service Institute.
TEXTBOOKS:Everbroeck, R. van. 1969. Le lingala: parlé et écrit. n.p.
CONSONANTS:
p t k b (d) (ɡ) f s (h) v z m n l
STOPS:p b t (d) k (ɡ)
FRICATIVES:f v s z (h)
NASALS:m n
LATERALS:l
MODIFIEDCO:
Nc b d ɡ v z (p t k f s) cj b m n cʷ p b t k ɡ ts s z m n
GLIDES:j w
VOWELS:
FRONTVOWEL:i e ɛ
CENTRALVOW:a
BACKVOWELS:u o ɔ
SYLLABLE:(C)V Nˈ
TONES:hi lo ris fall (fall-ris)
STRESS:penult
NOUNNUMBER:s p
NOUNCLASSE:8 (6 pl)
DEMONSTRAT:2 + ref
PRONOUNS:
1 4 2 5 3hH 6hH H=non-human
SYNTAX:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
PREPPOST:PREP
COMMENTS:Lingala is used as a trade language along the Zaire River.
NUMBER:879
LANGUAGE:Buja
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
POPULATION:100,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
CONSONANTS:
NUMBER:880
LANGUAGE:Ngombe2
LOCATION:Democratic Republic of Congo
POPULATION:150,000
CLASSIFICA:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngombe
DICTIONARY:Rood, N. 1958. Ngombe-Nederlands-Frans Woordenboek. Tervuren: Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge.
GRAMMAR:GD: Ruskin, Edward Algernon. 1937. Notes on the Grammar of Lingombe. Bongandanga, Belgian Congo: CBM Press.