Mono language (Congo)

Mono
Mono
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Northwestern corner of Congo (DRC)
Native speakers	(65,000 cited 1984 census)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Congo Savanna? Ubangian Banda Central Banda Mid-Southern Mono; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mnh
Glottolog	mono1270
ELP	Mono (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Mono is a language spoken by about 65,000 people in the northwestern corner of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is one of the Banda languages, a subbranch of the Ubangian branch of the Niger–Congo languages. It has five dialects: Bili, Bubanda, Mpaka, Galaba, and Kaga.

Mono has 33 consonant phonemes, including three labial-velar stops (/k͡p/, /ɡ͡b/, and prenasalized /ᵑ͡ᵐɡ͡b/), an asymmetrical eight-vowel system, and a labiodental flap /ⱱ/ (allophonically a bilabial flap [ⱳ]) that contrasts with both /v/ and /w/. It is a tonal language.

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