Mono language (Congo)

Spoken in

Ubangische languages

Mnh

Mono is an ubangische language, which is spoken by about 65,000 people in the northwest corner of the Congo.

It is one of Banda languages ​​, a subgroup of ubangischen languages ​​that are no longer added to the Niger - Congo languages ​​. It has five dialects: Bili, Bubanda, Mpaka, Galaba and Kaga.

Mono has 33 consonant phonemes, including three labial- velar endings ( / kp /, / ɡ͡b ​​/ and pränasalierten / ᵑ ͡ ᵐ ɡ͡b / ), an asymmetric eight- vowel system and a labiodental flap ( [ ⱱ ] ) that both / v / and with / w / contrasts. It is a tonal language.

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