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{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Equatorial Guinea}} |
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{{Infobox language |
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|name=Lengue |
|name=Lengue |
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|nativename=Molengue |
|nativename=''Molengue'' |
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|states=[[Equatorial Guinea]] |
|states=[[Equatorial Guinea]] |
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|speakers= |
|speakers=1,000 |
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|date= 2011 |
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|ref=e18 |
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|familycolor=Niger-Congo |
|familycolor=Niger-Congo |
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|fam2=[[ |
|fam2=[[Atlantic–Congo languages|Atlantic–Congo]] |
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|fam3=[[ |
|fam3=[[Benue–Congo languages|Benue–Congo]] |
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|fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |
|fam4=[[Bantoid languages|Bantoid]] |
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|fam5=[[ |
|fam5=[[Bantu languages|Bantu]] ([[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone B|Zone B]]) |
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|fam6=[[ |
|fam6=[[Kele languages|Kélé]] (b. 20) |
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|iso3=bxc |
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|fam7=[[Guthrie classification of Bantu languages#Zone B|Zone B]] |
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|glotto=mole1238 |
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|fam8=Kele |
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|glottorefname=Molengue |
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|iso1=|iso3=bvb}} |
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|guthrie=B.221 |
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}} |
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[[File:Idioma_balengue.png | thumb | right | alt=Image of Idioma balengue, the place where the Lengue language is spoken | The Lengue language is spoken here; Idioma balengue]] |
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The '''Lengue language''', also called '''''Molengue''', '''Balengue''', '''Molendji''''', is a [[Bantu languages|Bantu language]] of southern [[Equatorial Guinea]], spoken by the [[Lengue people]] between [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]] and the [[Gabon]] border near the coast. The speakers have come under increasing [[Beti-Pahuin#Fang|Fang]] influence. The [[Ethnologue]] describes it as a member of the B subgroup of Northwest Bantu, while Echegaray is more specific, saying that it is linguistically a member of the [[Sheke languages|Sheke group]] (B21 of [[Malcolm Guthrie|Guthrie]]'s Bantu subclassification): |
The '''Lengue language''', also called '''''Molengue''', '''Balengue''', '''Molendji''''', is a [[Bantu languages|Bantu language]] of southern [[Equatorial Guinea]], spoken by the [[Lengue people]] between [[Bata, Equatorial Guinea|Bata]] and the [[Gabon]] border near the coast. The speakers have come under increasing [[Beti-Pahuin#Fang|Fang]] influence. The [[Ethnologue]] describes it as a member of the B subgroup of Northwest Bantu, while Echegaray is more specific, saying that it is linguistically a member of the [[Sheke languages|Sheke group]] (B21 of [[Malcolm Guthrie|Guthrie]]'s Bantu subclassification): |
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: "The Balengues |
: "The Balengues – linguistically at least – are related to the Sheke group in general, and especially to Itemus and Nvikos." (p. 51) |
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Echegaray lists their main settlements as being located south of Bata between [[Punta Nguba]] and the [[Benito River]], as well as three before the [[Ndote River]], and a few further south or inland. |
Echegaray lists their main settlements as being located south of Bata between [[Punta Nguba]] and the [[Benito River]], as well as three before the [[Ndote River]], and a few further south or inland. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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* Carlos González Echegaray. ''Estudios Guineos: Vol. II.'' Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas 1959. |
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* Igor Cusack. "Hispanic and Bantu Inheritance, Trauma, Dispersal and Return: Some Contributions to a Sense of National Identity in Equatorial Guinea". ''[[Nations and Nationalism]]'', Volume 5 Issue 2 Page 207 - April 1999. |
* Igor Cusack. "Hispanic and Bantu Inheritance, Trauma, Dispersal and Return: Some Contributions to a Sense of National Identity in Equatorial Guinea". ''[[Nations and Nationalism (journal)|Nations and Nationalism]]'', Volume 5 Issue 2 Page 207 - April 1999. |
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* Quilis, Antonio y Celia Casado-Fresnillo. 1995. ''La lengua española en Guinea Ecuatorial''. Madrid: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. |
* Quilis, Antonio y Celia Casado-Fresnillo. 1995. ''La lengua española en Guinea Ecuatorial''. Madrid: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=BXC Ethnologue] |
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* [http://www.orgitecture.com/guinea/event1390/event_show.htm?doc_id=2715 Equatorial Guinea: Culture and Environment] |
* [http://www.orgitecture.com/guinea/event1390/event_show.htm?doc_id=2715 Equatorial Guinea: Culture and Environment] |
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{{Languages of Equatorial Guinea}} |
{{Languages of Equatorial Guinea}} |
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{{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)}} |
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[[Category:Kele languages]] |
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[[Category:Languages of Equatorial Guinea]] |
[[Category:Languages of Equatorial Guinea]] |
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[[de:Molengue]] |
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[[es:Idioma balengue]] |
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[[pt:Língua balengue]] |
Latest revision as of 01:52, 16 June 2024
Lengue | |
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Molengue | |
Native to | Equatorial Guinea |
Ethnicity | Balengue |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2011)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | bxc |
Glottolog | mole1238 |
B.221 [2] |
The Lengue language, also called Molengue, Balengue, Molendji, is a Bantu language of southern Equatorial Guinea, spoken by the Lengue people between Bata and the Gabon border near the coast. The speakers have come under increasing Fang influence. The Ethnologue describes it as a member of the B subgroup of Northwest Bantu, while Echegaray is more specific, saying that it is linguistically a member of the Sheke group (B21 of Guthrie's Bantu subclassification):
- "The Balengues – linguistically at least – are related to the Sheke group in general, and especially to Itemus and Nvikos." (p. 51)
Echegaray lists their main settlements as being located south of Bata between Punta Nguba and the Benito River, as well as three before the Ndote River, and a few further south or inland.
References
[edit]- ^ Lengue at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- Carlos González Echegaray. Estudios Guineos: Vol. II. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas 1959.
- Igor Cusack. "Hispanic and Bantu Inheritance, Trauma, Dispersal and Return: Some Contributions to a Sense of National Identity in Equatorial Guinea". Nations and Nationalism, Volume 5 Issue 2 Page 207 - April 1999.
- Quilis, Antonio y Celia Casado-Fresnillo. 1995. La lengua española en Guinea Ecuatorial. Madrid: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia.