Mbulungish language explained

Mbulungish
States:	Guinea
Speakers:	5000
Date:	1998
Familycolor:	Niger-Congo
Fam2:	? Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:	Rio Nunez
Iso3:	mbv
Glotto:	mbul1258
Glottorefname:	Mbulungish

Mbulungish is a Rio Nunez language of Guinea. Its various names include Baga Foré, Baga Monson, Black Baga, Bulunits, Longich, Monchon, Monshon. Wilson (2007) also lists the names Baga Moncõ. The language is called Ciloŋic (ci-lɔŋic) by its speakers, who refer to themselves as the Buloŋic (bu-lɔŋic).^[1]

As one of the two Rio Nunez languages of Guinea, its closest relative is Baga Mboteni.^[2]

Geographical distribution

Mbulungish is spoken in 22 coastal villages Kanfarandé according to Ethnologue.

According to Fields (2008:33-34), Mbulungish is spoken in an area to the south of the Nunez River that includes the town of Monchon. Mboteni and Sitem are spoken to the north of Mbulungish.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
2. Book: Güldemann, Tom. The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. Güldemann. Tom. De Gruyter Mouton. Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa. 2018. 978-3-11-042606-9. 10.1515/9783110421668-002. Berlin. 58–444. The World of Linguistics series. 11. 133888593 .
3. Fields-Black, Edda L. 2008. Deep Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora. (Blacks in the Diaspora.) Bloomington: Indiana University Press.