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...
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Myene may refer to: Myene language, spoken in Gabon Myene, Myanmar This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Myene. If an internal...
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The Bantu languages (English: UK: /ˌbænˈtuː/, US: /ˈbæntuː/ Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu...
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List of proper names of stars (category Articles containing Latin-language text)
IAU new 2019 Gabonese proposal; means 'all that is beautiful' in the Myene language. // Boötes ε Boötis A Izar Originally from Arabic: إزار ʾizār ('veil')...
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with about 25–30% of the speakers. The remainder of the languages (including Teke, Vili, Punu, Myene and Kota) are single-digit percentages, and some have...
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Akoa, of southern Gabon speak several Bantu languages, including Tsogo, Nzebi, West Teke, Punu, Lumbu, Myene, Kaningi, and perhaps others such as Yasa.[clarification...
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Latin beta (category Languages of Gabon)
the scientific alphabet of the languages of Gabon used for Pinji, Benga, Barama, Galwa, Viya, Kande, Kaning'i, Lumbu, Myene, Ndumu, Ngom, Njebi, Vove, Punu...
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Adyumba people (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
coast of the country. They belong to the Myènè people and also speak the Myènè language of the Bantu languages. Their neighbors include the Mpongwe people...
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Mye or mye may refer to: Miyakejima Airport, Japan (IATA code MYE) Myene language, spoken in Gabon (ISO639 code mye) Mye, a song in the album Wiretap...
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estuary where Libreville is now located. The Mpongwe language identifies them as a subgroup of the Myènè people of the Bantus, who are believed to have been...
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Moambe (category Articles containing Lingala-language text)
national dish. In Gabon, the sauce is usually called nyembwe, from the Myene word for palm oil. The most important dish using nyembwe is nyembwe chicken...
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Kande Nurse & Philippson also include (B.10) Myene, following Piron (1997), who makes Tsogo and Myene together a divergent branch of Bantu. Maho adds...
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The forty or so Plateau languages are a tentative group of Benue–Congo languages spoken by 15 million people on the Jos Plateau, Southern Kaduna, Nasarawa...
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Polyglotta Africana (category Languages of Africa)
the author compares 280 words from 200 African languages and dialects (or about 120 separate languages according to today's classification; several varieties...
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languages as interpreted by Harald Hammarström, and following the Guthrie classification. Bantu languages Guthrie classification of Bantu languages Classification...
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ceremonial use of a certain root known as Sata mbwanda in Nkomi (one of the Myene languages) and Sété mbwundè in Bakole. "This root" (writes Father Walker) "is...
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Tabernanthe iboga (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
specific name iboga comes from the Myene name for the plant, which was also borrowed into a number of other regional languages with mild variation. The first...
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Bantu languages, coded Zone B.10–30 in Guthrie's classification. According to Nurse & Philippson (2003), they are: Kele (B.20) Tsogo–Myene Myene (B.10)...
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Babongo-Gama), and Myene (the Babongo-Akoa). Yasa in Gabon is reportedly spoken by "Pygmies"; Yasa-speakers speak a different language than their patrons...
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inhabited mainly by Bantu ethnic groups such as the Fang, Bapounou, Eshira, and Myéné; these displaced the Pygmies to the east and north of Gabon. The main economic...
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Demographics of Gabon (section Language and religion)
other 6%, and none 1.2% (2020 figures). Languages include French (official since colonial rule), Fang, Myene, the Teke group, Punu, and Njebi. According...
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Homalin Township (category Articles containing Burmese-language text)
Minyagon, Molin, Mongkun, Mong Tawng, Monkali, Myaingtha, Myaukkon, Myauk-ywa, Myene, Myenga, Myintha, Namalin, Namamo, Namaw, Namchaw, Namheinkaw, Namhka, Namhkam...
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List of countries by ethnic groups (category CS1 Austrian German-language sources (de-at))
such as citizenship/nationality, ancestry or origin, country of birth, or language are used as alternative indicators. The data in the list are also of variable...
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Gabon (category CS1 French-language sources (fr))
Sub-Saharan Africa. Gabon has at least 40 ethnic groups, including Fang, Myènè, Punu-Échira, Nzebi-Adouma, Teke-Mbete, Mèmbè, Kota, Akélé. There are indigenous...
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B languages are included. S Gabon, W Congo, W DR-Congo B20 Kele languages (?Seki) B10–30 Tsogo languages (?Myene) B40 (with some H10) Sira languages B50...
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This is a list of ISO 639-3 language codes starting with M. Index | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u |...
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approximately 400 distinct native African ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to countries spread over a vast area from West Africa...
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French Congo (category Articles with French-language sources (fr))
1882–1960 Flag Status French colony Capital Brazzaville Common languages French (official) Fang, Myene, Kongo, Lingala Religion Christianity, Bwiti, Islam, traditional...
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Benga language, proving incomprehensible for the actual people who perform them and listen to them. Often however, the tunes are sung in the language of...
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