Mpuono language explained

Mpuono
Nativename:Mpuun
States:DR Congo
Speakers:165,000
Date:1972
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu (Zone B)
Fam6:Teke (B.70)
(traditionally Tiene–Yanzi, B.80)
Iso3:zmp
Glotto:mpuo1241
Glottorefname:Mbuun
Guthrie:B.84 (ex-B.84a,84b,87)

Mpuono, or Mpuun, is a Bantu language spoken by several hundred thousand people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Dialects include Mpuono, Mpuun (Mbuun, Kimbuun, Gimbunda).

Literature

Two Gospels were translated by E. and A. Haller, both of Mission de Mangungu. The Gospel of John was published in 1935, as Lasang Labve la afun kangi Yone; and the Gospel of Matthew in 1951, as Lasang Labve lafun Matayo. These were published by the Société Biblique Britannique et Étrangère (British and Foreign Bible Society). A collection of proverbs with French translations and explanations has been published.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Muluwa, Joseph Koni, and Koen Bostoen. "Un recueil de proverbes mbuun d'Imbongo (RD Congo, bantu B87)." In Annales aequatoria, pp. 381-423. Centre Æquatoria, 2008.