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Mbosi
Native toRepublic of Congo
Native speakers
110,000 (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mdw
Glottologmbos1242
C.25[2]

Mbosi (Mboshi) is a Bantu language spoken by the Mbochi people in the Republic of Congo.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal m n ɲ
Plosive/
Affricate 		plain p t ts k
voiced b d dz
prenasal ᵐb ⁿd ⁿdz ᵑɡ
Fricative f s
Lateral l
Approximant β̞ j w

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open-mid ɛ ɔ
Open a

[3]

References

  1. ^ Mbosi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Aborobongui, Georges Martial Embanga Aborobongui (2013). Processus segmentaux et tonals en Mbondzi- (variétéde la langue ɛmbɔ́sí C25). Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle.


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