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Lengola language

Lengola
Kilengola
Native toDR Congo
Native speakers
(100,000 cited 1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3lej
Glottologleng1258
D.12[2]

Lengola (Lengora) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is not close to other Bantu languages. It may be closest to some of the D.30 languages in a group called "Lebonya".

Phonology

Lengola consonants[3]
Bilabial Labiodental Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar
Plosive p b t d k ɡ kp gb
Nasal m n ɲ
Tap or Flap ⱱ
Affricate t̠ʃ d̠ʒ
Fricative f v s
Approximant j w
Lateral approximant l
Lengola vowels[3]
Front Back
Close i u
Close-mid e o
Open a

There are also three tones: High, mid, and low.[3]

References

  1. ^ Lengola at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ a b c Stappers, Leo (1971). "Esquisse de la langue lengola". African Linguistica. 5: 255–303.


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