- Myene language
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Myene Omyene Spoken in Gabon Region Ogooue-Maritime Province, Middle Ogooue Province Ethnicity Myene, Bongo Pygmies Native speakers 47,000 (2000) Language family Dialects MpongweGalwaNkomiLanguage codes ISO 639-3 mye 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
- ^ Bantu Classification, Ehret, 2009.
- ^ le myènè en ligne sur : 'awanawintche.com', le myene en ligne : proverbes, contes, cours en audio mp3, histoires, rites et légendes o'myènè.
Bibliography
- Jacquot, A. (1976) Etude de la phonologie et de la morphologie myene, in Etudes Bantoues II', Bulletin SELAF 53, Paris, 13-79.
- Philippson, G. & G. Puech (1996) 'Tonal domains in Galwa (Bantu, B11c)'
- Nurse & Philippson (2003) The Bantu Languages.
Languages of Gabon Official National Fang and other Bantu languagesIndigenous Baka · Barama · Bekwel · Benga · Bube · Bwisi · Duma · Fang · Kendell · Kaningi · Kili · iKota · Lumbu · Mahongwe · Mbama · Mbangwe · Mbere · Myene (several dialects) · Ndasa · Ndumu · Ngom · Njebi · Pinji · Punu · Sake · Sangu · Seki · Sighu · Simba · Sira aka Eshira · Northern Teke · Western Teke · Tsaangi · Tsogo · Vili · Vumbu · Wandji · Wumbvu · Yangho · YasaCategories:- Languages of Gabon
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