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'''Tongwe''' (''Sitongwe'') and '''Bende''' (''Sibende'') constitute a clade of [[Bantu language]]s coded Zone F.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Nurse |editor1-first=Derek |editor2-last=Philippson |editor2-first=Gérard |title=The Bantu languages |date=2003 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9780700711345}}</ref> they form a valid node. Indeed, at 90% lexical similarity they may be dialects of a single language.
'''Tongwe''' (''Sitongwe'') and '''Bende''' (''Sibende'') constitute a clade of [[Bantu language]]s coded Zone F.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Nurse |editor1-first=Derek |editor2-last=Philippson |editor2-first=Gérard |title=The Bantu languages |date=2003 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9780700711345}}</ref> they form a valid node. Indeed, at 90% lexical similarity they may be dialects of a single language.
==Phonology==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Consonants<ref name=abe06>{{Cite journal |last=Abe |first=Yuko |date=2006 |title=A Bende Vocabulary |journal=Bantu Vocabulary Series |publisher=Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies |issue=13}}</ref>
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![[Labial consonant|Labial]]
![[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
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![[Plosive]]
|{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|b}}
|{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|d}}
|{{IPA link|c}} {{IPA link|ɟ}}
|{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|g}}
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![[Fricative]]
|{{IPA link|f}}
|{{IPA link|s}} {{IPA link|z}}
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|{{IPA link|h}}
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![[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|{{IPA link|m}}
|{{IPA link|n}}
|{{IPA link|ɲ}}
|{{IPA link|ŋ}}
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![[Approximant]]
|{{IPA link|w}}
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|{{IPA link|j}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Vowels<ref name=abe06/>
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![[Front vowel|Front]]
![[Central vowel|Central]]
![[Back vowel|Back]]
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![[Close vowel|High]]
|{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}}
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|{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}}
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![[Mid vowel|Mid]]
|{{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}}
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|{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}}
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![[Open vowel|Low]]
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|{{IPA link|a}} {{IPA link|ã}} {{IPA link|aː}}
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Additionally, Bende has four [[Tone (linguistics)|tones]];<ref name=abe06/> high, low, rising, and falling.
==References==
==References==
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<ref>[https://clics.clld.org/languages/tls-Bende Bende Wordlist]</ref>
<ref>[https://clics.clld.org/languages/tls-Bende Bende Wordlist]</ref>


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[[Category:Bantu languages]]
[[Category:Bantu languages]]

Latest revision as of 07:42, 28 June 2024

Tongwe
Bende
Native toTanzania
Native speakers
(40,000 cited 1999–2001)[1]
Dialects
  • Tongwe
  • Bende
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
tny – Tongwe
bdp – Bende
Glottologtong1320  Tongwe
bend1258  Bende
F.10 (F.11–12)[2]
ELPBende

Tongwe (Sitongwe) and Bende (Sibende) constitute a clade of Bantu languages coded Zone F.10 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003),[3] they form a valid node. Indeed, at 90% lexical similarity they may be dialects of a single language.

Phonology

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Consonants[4]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive p b t d c ɟ k g
Fricative f s z h
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Approximant w j
Vowels[4]
Front Central Back
High i iː u uː
Mid e eː o oː
Low a ã aː

Additionally, Bende has four tones;[4] high, low, rising, and falling.

References

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  1. ^ Tongwe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Bende at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.
  4. ^ a b c Abe, Yuko (2006). "A Bende Vocabulary". Bantu Vocabulary Series (13). Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

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