Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngundi
Consonant system:
Number:862
Language:Mbati
Location:S Central African Republic
Population:15,000
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngundi
Other Sources:AGT
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:Nc b d ɡ ɡb z
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i e ɛ
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o ɔ
Tones:extra-hi hi mid lo ris fall
Number:863
Language:Mbomotaba
Alternate Name:Babole, Dibole
Location:Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngundi
Other Sources:WALS
Consonant system:
Syntax:SVO
Number:864
Language:Bongili
Location:Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngundi
Consonant system:
Number:865
Language:Lobala
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Ngundi
Consonant system:
Number:866
Language:Mboko2
Location:Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
Consonant system:
Number:867
Language:Akwa
Location:NE Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
Other Sources:AGT
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:Nc b d ɡ ɡb z
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i e ɛ
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o ɔ
Tones:hi lo ris fall
Number:868
Language:Ngare
Location:Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
Consonant system:
Number:869
Language:Koyo
Location:Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
Other Sources:E
Consonant system:
Syntax:SVO
Number:870
Language:Mboshi
Location:Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
Consonant system:
Number:871
Language:Kwala
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
Consonant system:
Number:872
Language:Kuba
Location:Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Mboshi
Consonant system:
Number:873
Language:Ngiri
Alternate Name:Mabaale
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo
Population:6,000
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
Other Sources:Tanghe, J. 1929. "Mable Stories," BSOAS 5, 359-78 & 571-86.
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:Nc p b t d k ɡ ɡ̌ s
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i I e ɛ
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u ʋ o ɔ
Long Vowels:v̄
Noun Number:s p
Noun Classes:14
Demonstratives:3
Pronouns:
1 4 2 5 3 6 3 & 6 vary with noun class
Syntax:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:874
Language:Bobangi
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo
Classification: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]
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:Nc
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i I e
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o ɔ
Tones:
hi lo
Stress:initial
Noun Number:s p
Noun Classes:11 (kinship terms, names of foreign origin)
Demonstratives: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
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:875
Language:Sengele
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
Other Sources:WALS
Consonant system:
Syntax:SVO
Number:876
Language:Sakata
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
Consonant system:
Number:877
Language:Ntomba
Alternate Name:Bolia
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo
Population:45,000
Classification: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.
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:Nc p b t d k ɡ s z ž
Glides:j w
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i e ɛ
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o ɔ
Long Vowels:v̄ all
Modified Vowels:vowel harmony
Tones:hi lo ris fall
Stress:root initial
Noun Number:s p
Noun Classes:9
Demonstratives:3 + ref
Pronouns:
1 4 2 5 3 6
Syntax:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
Prep/Post:PREP
Number:878
Language:Losengo
Dialect:Lingala
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo
Population:7 million
Classification: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.
Consonant system:
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
Modified Consonants:
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
Vowel system:
Front Vowels:i e ɛ
Central Vowels:a
Back Vowels:u o ɔ
Syllable:(C)V Nˈ
Tones:hi lo ris fall (fall-ris)
Stress:penult
Noun Number:s p
Noun Classes:8 (6 pl)
Demonstratives:2 + ref
Pronouns:
1 4 2 5 3hH 6hH H=non-human
Syntax:SVO NA NG ND N-NUM N-POSS
Prep/Post: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
Classification:Niger-Kordofanian: Niger-Congo: South Central: Eastern: Benue-Zambesi: Nyima: Wel: Bantoid: Broad Bantu: Narrow Bantu: Northwest: Zone C: Bangi-Ntomba
Consonant system:
Number:880
Language:Ngombe2
Location:Democratic Republic of Congo
Population:150,000
Classification: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.