Mangbutu language
Not to be confused with Mangbetu language.
Mangbutu | |
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Region | Congo (DRC) |
Native speakers | unknown (15,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Nilo-Saharan?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
mdk |
Glottolog |
mang1396 [2] |
Mangbutu is a Central Sudanic language of northeastern Congo. It, or its speakers, are also known as Mangu-Ngutu, Mombuttu, Wambutu. The 1200 Andinai are separated from other Mangbutu speakers by Lese; they speak a distinct dialect, as do the Andali tribe (Angwe dialect).
References
- ↑ Mangbutu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mangbutu". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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