Mangbutu–Lese languages
Mangbutu–Lese | |
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Mangbutu–Efe | |
Geographic distribution | Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda |
Linguistic classification |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | memb1239[1] |
The Mangbutu–Lese languages of the Central Sudanic language family, also known as Mangbutu–Efe or simply Mangbutu (e.g. Starostin 2016), are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
The languages are:
Efe (the language of the Efe Pygmies) is often counted as another, but appears to be a dialect of Lese. Ndo (Membitu) is the most populous language and is spoken by a caste of blacksmiths.
Footnotes
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Membi–Mangbutu–Efe". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
References
- Nilo-Saharan list (Blench 2000)
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