Mangbutu–Lese languages

Central Sudanic language cluster
Mangbutu–Lese
Mangbutu–Efe
Geographic
distribution		Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda
Linguistic classificationNilo-Saharan?
  • Central Sudanic
    • Eastern
      • Mangbutu–Lese
Subdivisions
  • Mangbutu
  • Mvuba
  • Ndo (Membitu)
  • Mamvu
  • Lese (incl. Efe)
  • ?Bendi
Glottologmemb1239

The Mangbutu–Lese languages of the Central Sudanic language family, also known as Mangbutu–Efe or simply Mangbutu (e.g. Starostin 2016), are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. Moru–Madi languages are spoken to the northeast, and Mangbetu languages are spoken to the west.[1]

The languages are:

Mangbutu, Mvuba, Ndo, Mamvu, Lese, Bendi.

Efe (the language of the Efe Pygmies) is often counted as another, but appears to be a dialect of Lese. Ndo (Membitu) is the most populous language and is spoken by a caste of blacksmiths.

See also

  • Central Sudanic word lists (Wiktionary)

Footnotes

  1. ^ Bokula, Moiso & Agozia-Kario Irumu. 1994. Bibliographie et matériaux lexicaux des langues Moru-Mangbetu (Soudan-Central, Zaïre). Annales Aequatoria 10: 203‒245.

References

  • Nilo-Saharan list (Blench 2000)
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Part of the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family
Bongo–Bagirmi
Bongo–Baka
Morokodo–Beli
Kara
Bagirmi
Sara
East
Central
West
Kaba
Vale
Yulu
Fongoro?
Sinyar?
Birri–Kresh
Birri
Kresh
  • Aja
  • Dongo
  • Furu
  • Kresh (Dara–Gboko, Kresh–Hofra, Naka, Ndogo, Woro)
Lendu–Mangbetu
Mangbetu–Asoa
Mangbutu–Lese
Lenduic
Moru–Madi
Moru
Central Ma'di
Southern Ma'di
Mimi-D
Italics indicate extinct languages


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