Monzombo language

Monzombo is a minor Ubangian language of the Congos.

Kpala
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo
RegionÉquateur Province (NW)
Native speakers
(19,000 cited 1986–1993)[1]
Ubangian
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
moj  Monzombo
kpl  Kpala
yng  Yango
Glottologmonz1253[2]

There are three varieties, Monzombo (Mondjembo), Kpala (Kwala), and Yango, which Ethnologue lists separately. It is not clear how distinct they are.

References

  1. Monzombo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Kpala at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Yango at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Monzomboic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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