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Mamvu language

Mamvu is a Central Sudanic language of northeastern Congo. It is quite similar to Lese.

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Mamvu
Native toCongo (DRC)
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1991)1
Dialects
  • Mamvu
  • Amengi
Language codes
ISO 639-3mdi
Glottologmamv1243

Mamvu is a Central Sudanic language of northeastern Congo. It is quite similar to Lese.

Mamvu is spoken in Watsa Territory.2

References

References

  1. Mamvu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Bokula, Moiso & Agozia-Kario Irumu. 1994. Bibliographie et matériaux lexicaux des langues Moru-Mangbetu (Soudan-Central, Zaïre). Annales Aequatoria 10: 203‒245.