Mpuono
Mpuun
Native toDR Congo
Native speakers
(165,000 cited 1972)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3zmp
Glottologmpuo1241
B.84 (ex-B.84a,84b,87)[2]

Mpuono, or Mpuun, is a Bantu language spoken by several hundred thousand people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Dialects include Mpuono, Mpuun (Mbuun, Kimbuun, Gimbunda).


Literature

Two Gospels were translated by E. and A. Haller, both of Mission de Mangungu. The Gospel of John was published in 1935, as Lasang Labve la afun kangi Yone; and the Gospel of Matthew in 1951, as Lasang Labve lafun Matayo. These were published by the Société Biblique Britannique et Étrangère (British and Foreign Bible Society). A collection of proverbs with French translations and explanations has been published.[3]

References

  1. Mpuono at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Muluwa, Joseph Koni, and Koen Bostoen. "Un recueil de proverbes mbuun d'Imbongo (RD Congo, bantu B87)." In Annales aequatoria, pp. 381-423. Centre Æquatoria, 2008.


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