Mbosi language
Appearance
(Redirected from Olee dialect)
Mbosi | |
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Native to | Republic of Congo |
Native speakers | 110,000 (2000)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mdw |
Glottolog | mbos1242 |
C.25 [2] |
Mbosi (Mboshi) is a Bantu language spoken by the Mbochi people in the Republic of Congo.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
Plosive/ Affricate |
plain | p | t | ts | k | |
voiced | b | d | dz | |||
prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdz | ᵑɡ | ||
Fricative | f | s | ||||
Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant | β̞ | j | w |
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Open | a |
References
[edit]- ^ Mbosi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Aborobongui, Georges Martial Embanga Aborobongui (2013). Processus segmentaux et tonals en Mbondzi- (variétéde la langue ɛmbɔ́sí C25). Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle.