Songe language
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Songe, also known as Songye, Kisonge, Lusonge, Yembe, and Northeast Luba, is a Bantu language spoken by the Songye people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ethnologue notes that Songe is "related" to Mbagani, which they do not include in their database. Maho (2009) labels as "Mbagani (Binji)" one of the two geographic areas Ethnologue assigns to Songe, but says that it is closer to Lwalu; he says that it is a different language, Binji, that is close to Songe.
Phonology
Vowels
A five vowel system with vowel length is present:
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː | u uː | |
| Mid | e eː | o oː | |
| Open | a aː |
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k |
| vl. prenasal | ᵐp | ⁿt | ⁿtʃ | ᵑk | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ||
| vd. prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | |
| vl. prenasal | ᶬf | ⁿs | ⁿʃ | ||
| voiced | v | z | ʒ | ||
| vd. prenasal | ᶬv | ⁿz | ⁿʒ | ||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||
- Palatalization [ʲ] and labialization [ʷ] is also present among consonant sounds.[3]
References
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- ^ Songe 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.Stappers, Leo (1964). Morfologie van het Songye. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit.
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