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Myene language

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Native to
  
Dialects
  
MpongweGalwaNkomi

Native speakers
  
45,000 (2007)

Region
  
Ogooue-Maritime Province, Middle Ogooue Province

Ethnicity
  
Myene (Mpongwe, Nkomi, Galwa), Bongo Pygmies

Language family
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantu (Zone B)Kele–Tsogo?Tsogo?Myene

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, though Nurse & Philippson (2003) place it in with the Tsogo languages (B.30). The more distinctive varieties are Mpongwe (Pongoué), Galwa (Galloa), and Nkomi.

References

Myene language Wikipedia


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