ISO_639:sop

Songe language

Songe language

Bantu language spoken in DR Congo

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.

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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:

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Consonants

More information Labial, Alveolar ...
  • Palatalization [ʲ] and labialization [ʷ] is also present among consonant sounds.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Songe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. [3]
    Stappers, Leo (1964). Morfologie van het Songye. Leuven: Katholieke Universiteit.
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