Mangbetu–Asoa
Mangbetu
Geographic
distribution
Democratic Republic of Congo
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
Subdivisions
Glottologmang1393

The Mangbetu–Asoa or Mangbetu languages of the Central Sudanic language family are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The languages are Mangbetu, spoken by perhaps a million people, and the smaller Lombi and Asoa.

Blench (2000) considers Lombi to be part of the Mangbetu dialect continuum. Asoa is spoken by Pygmies.

Proto-Mangbetu has been reconstructed by Demolin (1992).[1]

Comparative vocabulary

Mangbetu-Asua languages comparative lexicon:[2]

GlossAsuaMangbetuNabuluLombiMakereMalele
beeángíyénɛ́ngágɪ̀nɛ́ngágɪ́zènɛ́ngágìnɛ́ngágɪ̀nɛ́ngágɪ̀
animalélíènérínélínérínérínérí
treekílílɛ̀yɛ̀nèkírènèkílènéhònèkílènéhò
mouthtíkpòènètíkpònètíkpònètínɛ̀kɔ́rɔ́nèkóró
armtɛ̂nɛ́tɛ́nɛ́tɛ́nɛ́tɛ́nɛ́tɛ́nɛ́tɛ́
goatàmɛ́mɛ̂nàmɛ́mɛ́nàmɛ́mɛ́nàmyɛ́myɛ́nàmɛ́mɛ́nàmɛ́mɛ́
dogísìyɛ̀nésìnésìnésìnésìnésì
hornlígánéígánéégánálígánáágánáɛ́gá
to cultivateɔ̀ʔànɔ̀ʔànɔ̀ʔànɔ̀ʔànɔ̀ʔànɔ̀ʔà
watergwòègwòègwòègwòègwòègwò
elephantʊ̀kɔ̀nɔ́kɔ̀nɔ́kɔ̀nɔ́kɔ̀nɔ́kɔ̀nɔ́kɔ̀
ironkídígwánéímbánèèmbàèdùmòòmànáámbánáɛ́mbá
arrowlíkámʊ́ɛ̀nɛ̀vàngànɛ̀vàngànɛ̀mbààngúnɛ̀vàngànɛ̀vàngà

See also

Footnotes

  1. Demolin, Didier. 1992. Le Mangbetu: etude phonétique et phonologique, 2 vols. Brussels: Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, Université libre de Bruxelles dissertation.
  2. Demolin, Didier. 2021. The languages of the Ituri forest Pygmies: contact and historical perspectives. Diedrich Westermann-Workshop (West-central African linguistic history between Macro-Sudan Belt and Niger-Congo: commemorating Diedrich Westermann’s legacy and the 100th anniversary of the Berlin professorship for African languages), 4-6 November 2021, Humboldt University of Berlin.

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