Myene language
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| Myene | |
|---|---|
| Omyene | |
| Spoken in | Gabon |
| Region | Ogooue-Maritime Province, Middle Ogooue Province |
| Ethnicity | Myene, Bongo Pygmies |
| Native speakers | 47,000 (2000) |
| Language family | |
| Dialects |
Mpongwe
Galwa
Nkomi
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mye |
Myene is a cluster of closely related Bantu varieties spoken in Gabon by about 46,000 people. It is perhaps the most divergent of the Narrow Bantu languages,[1] though Nurse & Philippson (2003) place it in with the Tsogo languages (B.30). The more distinctive varieties are Mpongwe (Pongoué), Galwa (Galloa), and Nkomi.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bantu Classification, Ehret, 2009.
- ^ le myènè en ligne sur : 'awanawintche.com', le myene en ligne : proverbes, contes, cours en audio mp3, histoires, rites et légendes o'myènè.
[edit] Bibliography
- Jacquot, A. (1976) Etude de la phonologie et de la morphologie myene, in Etudes Bantoues II', Bulletin SELAF 53, Paris, 13-79.
- Philippson, G. & G. Puech (1996) 'Tonal domains in Galwa (Bantu, B11c)'
- Nurse & Philippson (2003) The Bantu Languages.
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