Mbulungish language

Mbulungish
Native toGuinea
Native speakers
(5000 cited 1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3mbv
Glottologmbul1258
ELPMbulungish
Peoplebu-lɔŋic
Languageci-lɔŋic

Mbulungish is a Rio Nunez language of Guinea. Its various names include Baga Foré, Baga Monson, Black Baga, Bulunits, Longich, Monchon, Monshon. Wilson (2007) also lists the names Baga Moncõ. The language is called Ciloŋic (ci-lɔŋic) by its speakers, who refer to themselves as the Buloŋic (bu-lɔŋic).[2]

As one of the two Rio Nunez languages of Guinea, its closest relative is Baga Mboteni.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fields08 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Wilson, William André Auquier. 2007. Guinea Languages of the Atlantic group: description and internal classification. (Schriften zur Afrikanistik, 12.) Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
  3. ^ Güldemann, Tom (2018). "Historical linguistics and genealogical language classification in Africa". In Güldemann, Tom (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of Africa. The World of Linguistics series. Vol. 11. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 58–444. doi:10.1515/9783110421668-002. ISBN 978-3-11-042606-9. S2CID 133888593.