Myene language explained

Myene
Nativename:Omyene
States:Gabon
Region:Ogooue-Maritime Province, Middle Ogooue Province
Ethnicity:Myene (Mpongwe, Adyumba, Nkomi, Galwa), Bongo
Speakers:45,000
Date:2007
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Bantoid
Fam5:Bantu (Zone B)
Fam6:Kele–Tsogo?
Fam7:Tsogo?
Dia1:Mpongwe
Dia2:Galwa
Dia3:Nkomi
Iso3:mye
Glotto:myen1241
Glottorefname:Myene
Guthrie:B.11

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.

Notes

  1. le myènè en ligne sur : 'awanawintche.com', le myene en ligne : proverbes, contes, cours en audio mp3, histoires, rites et légendes o'myènè.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/ehret/kinship/BantuClassification%204-09.pdf Bantu Classification