Asoa language explained

Asoa
Region:Ituri forest
States:Congo (DRC)
Ethnicity:Asua
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Nilo-Saharan
Fam2:Central Sudanic
Fam3:Eastern
Fam4:Mangbetu
Iso3:asv
Glotto:asoa1238
Glottorefname:Asoa

Asoa, also known as Asua, Asuae, Asuati, or Aka, is a Central Sudanic language spoken by the Mbuti Pygmies known as the Asua. It is closely related to the Mangbetu language, and the Asua live in association with the Mangbetu people, among others. It is the only distinctive Pygmy language in the east.

Asua is spoken in the forests to the north of the Aruwimi River, between the Nepoko River and the headwaters of the Rubi River.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Demolin, Didier. 1992. Le Mangbetu: etude phonétique et phonologique, 2 vols. Brussels: Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, Université libre de Bruxelles dissertation.