Myene language

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Myene
Spoken in: Gabon 
Region: Ogooue-Maritime Province, Middle Ogooue Province
Total speakers: 46,743 (Ethnologue)
Language family: Niger-Congo
 Atlantic-Congo
  Volta-Congo
   Benue-Congo
    Bantoid
     Southern Bantoid
      Narrow Bantu
       Northwest
        B
         B10 (Myene)
          Myene
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: bnt
ISO 639-3: mye

Myene is a cluster of closely related Bantu varieties spoken in Gabon by about 46,000 people. Dialects include Ajumba, Enenga, Galwa, Mpongwe, Nkomi, and Orungu.[1]


[edit] Notes

  1. ^  Ethnologue, 15th edition: Myene language profile

[edit] 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)'