Losengo language

Losengo
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
(67,000 cited 1983–2002)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 lseinclusive code
Individual codes:
bkt  Boloki
ndl  Ndolo
ymg  Yamongeri
Glottolog luse1252  (Lusengo)[2]
ndol1238  (Ndolo)[3]
bolo1262  (Boloki)[4]
C.36[5]

Losengo (Lusengo) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has had a significant effect on Lingala, the most important Bantu language in the two Congos.

Maho (2009) lists the following dialects:[5]

(Yamongeri, however, is a variety of Mongo.)

References

  1. Losengo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Boloki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Ndolo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Yamongeri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lusengo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  3. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ndolo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  4. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Boloki". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
  5. 1 2 Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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