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Bushong language

Bushong language

Bantu language spoken in Democratic Republic of Congo

Bushong is a Bantu language of the Kasai Province of Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was the language of the Kuba Kingdom.

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Alternative names are Bushongo, Bushoong, Busoong, Shongo, Ganga, Kuba, Mbale, Bamongo, Mongo.

Dialects are said to be Djembe, Ngende, Ngombe (Ngombia), Ngongo, Pianga (Panga, Tsobwa, Shobwa, Shoba). Pianga (Shuwa) is a distinct language, in the Tetela group.

The Bushong have a patron–client relationship with the Kasai Twa.

References

  • J. Vansina, Esquisse de Grammaire Bushong, Commission Linguistique Africaine, Tervuren 1959.
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    Bushong at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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    Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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