Lega language
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| Lega | |
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| Native to | DR Congo |
| Ethnicity | Lega |
Native speakers | (450,000 cited 1982–2000)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:lea – Shabunda Legalgm – Mwenga Legakhx – Kanuktf – Kwami |
| Glottolog | lega1253 |
D.25,251[2] | |
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Lega is a Bantu language, or dialect cluster, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There are two major varieties, Shabunda Lega, Mwenga Lega. Mwenga Lega, with about 10% of speakers, finds Shabunda difficult to understand.[citation needed]
Variant spellings of 'Lega' are Rega, Leka, Ileka, Kilega, Kirega. Shabunda is also known as Igonzabale, and Mwenga as Shile or Ishile. Gengele is reported to be a Shabunda-based creole.
According to Ethnologue, Bembe is part of the same dialect continuum. Nyindu is a dialect of Shi that has been heavily influenced by Lega.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | |
| voiced | b | d | (ɟ) | g | |
| Fricative | voiceless | (f) | s | ʃ | |
| voiced | v | z | |||
| Trill | r | ||||
| Lateral | l | ||||
| Approximant | j | w | |||
References
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- ^ Shabunda Lega at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Mwenga Lega at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kanu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Kwami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Botne, Robert (2003). Lega (Beya Dialect) (D25). In Nurse, Derek and Philippson, Gérard (eds.), The Bantu Languages: London & New York: Routledge. pp. 422–449.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Masumbuko Wa-Busungu, Léopold (2019). Grammaire du kilega-lega: D25 : esquisse d'une langue bantoue de la RD Congo. Édilivre, 2019.
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