Myene language

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Myene
Omyene
Native to	Gabon
Region	Ogooue-Maritime Province, Middle Ogooue Province
Ethnicity	Myene (Mpongwe, Nkomi, Galwa), Bongo Pygmies
Native speakers	47,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone B) Kele–Tsogo? Tsogo? Myene
Dialects	Mpongwe Galwa Nkomi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mye`
Guthrie code	`B.11`^[2]

Myene is a cluster of closely related Bantu varieties spoken in Gabon by about 46,000 people. It is perhaps the most divergent of the Narrow Bantu languages,^[3] though Nurse & Philippson (2003) place it in with the Tsogo languages (B.30). The more distinctive varieties are Mpongwe (Pongoué), Galwa (Galloa), and Nkomi.

Notes

↑ Myene reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
↑ Bantu Classification, Ehret, 2009.

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Bibliography

Jacquot, A. (1976) Etude de la phonologie et de la morphologie myene, in Etudes Bantoues II', Bulletin SELAF 53, Paris, 13-79.
Philippson, G. & G. Puech (1996) 'Tonal domains in Galwa (Bantu, B11c)'
Nurse & Philippson (2003) The Bantu Languages.

v t e Languages of Gabon

Official	French (Standard)

National	Fang and other Bantu languages

Indigenous	Baka Barama Bekwel Benga Bube Bwisi Duma Fang Kendell Kaningi Kili iKota Lumbu Mahongwe Mbama Mbangwe Mbere Myene (several dialects) Ndasa Ndumu Ngom Njebi Pinji Punu Sake Sangu Seki Sighu Simba Sira AKA Eshira Northern Teke Western Teke Tsaangi Tsogo Vili Vumbu Wandji Wumbvu Yangho Yasa

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