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ISO 639-3: mdj

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Other known names and dialect names: Aberu, Amangbetu, Kingbetu, Makere, Malele, Mambetto, Mangbettu, Medje, Meegye, Meje, Nemangbetu, Popoi

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Lexical resources

  1. ONLINEMangbetu Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mdj_swadesh-1
  2. ONLINELabial vibrants in Mangbetu: Archival form. Simons, Gary F. (consultant); Kuntz, Judy (editor); Olson, Roger E. (editor); Mbiri, Koogibho David (researcher); Olson, Kenneth S. (researcher). 2013. SIL International. oai:sil.org:53479
  3. Nediskisiɔ́nɛrɛ i élílímbí anyɛ Mangbɛtʉ bhu tɛ Faráse. Williams-Ngumbu, Angela (compiler); Beattie, Marlene (compiler); Matsabu, Géorge (illustrator); Anzetaka, André Mandoboy (illustrator). 2008. SIL; Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d’Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:53481
  4. ONLINELabial vibrants in Mangbetu. Mbiri Koogibho, David; Olson, Kenneth S. 2013. SIL International. oai:sil.org:58688
  5. ONLINELabial vibrants in Mangbetu: Archival form. OLSON, Kenneth. 2013. SIL International (SIL, Dallas US). oai:sldr.org:sldr000829

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.2 Resources for Mangbetu. n.a. 2025. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:mang1394
  2. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Mangbetu. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:mang1394
  3. ONLINEMangbetu Orthography. Hartell, Rhonda L. 1993. BREDA Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mdj_ortho-1
  4. ONLINELabial vibrants in Mangbetu: Archival form. Simons, Gary F. (consultant); Kuntz, Judy (editor); Olson, Roger E. (editor); Mbiri, Koogibho David (researcher); Olson, Kenneth S. (researcher). 2013. SIL International. oai:sil.org:53479
  5. ONLINELabial vibrants in Mangbetu. Mbiri Koogibho, David; Olson, Kenneth S. 2013. SIL International. oai:sil.org:58688
  6. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Mangbetu. n.a. 2024. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:mbt

Other resources about the language

  1. ONLINELinguistic Analyses: the Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa. Tucker, A. N.; Bryan, M. A. 1966. Oxford University Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:848
  2. ONLINEGrammaire des dialectes mangbetu et medje. Larochette, J. 1958. Musee royal de l'Afrique centrale. oai:refdb.wals.info:2506
  3. ONLINELa langue des makere, des medje et des mangbetu. Vekens, A. 1928. Editions Dominicaines Veritas. oai:refdb.wals.info:4240
  4. Grammaire des dialectes mangbetu et medje, suivie d'un manuel de conversation et d'un lexique. Larochette, J. 1958. Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale Sciences de l'homme: Linguistique ; 18. oai:gial.edu:24579
  5. The interpretation of consonants with semi-vowel release in Meje (Zaire) stems. McKee, Robert G. (Robert Guy). 1986. Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics Library. oai:gial.edu:27389
  6. Mangbetu tales of leopard and azapane : trickster as resistance hero. McKee, Rob. n.d. Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics Library. oai:gial.edu:28419
  7. ONLINEMangbetu: a language of Democratic Republic of the Congo. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:mdj
  8. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Mangbetu. Damir Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2017-09-27. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_mdj
  9. ’My mother gave birth to me, she didn’t divulge my name’: a Meegye-Mangbetu representation of patrilineal, matrilineal, and affinal relations in the tabhuazolya tale. McKee, Robert G. 2000. SIL International. oai:sil.org:1024
  10. ‘Here’, ‘there’, ‘yonder’, and beyond with Meje aspect. McKee, Robert G. 1992. Proceedings of the Third Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Kisumu, Kenya, August 4-9, 1986, Franz Rottland and Lucia N. Omondi (eds.). oai:sil.org:1814
  11. The interpretation of consonants with semi-vowel release in Meje (Zaire) stems. McKee, Robert G. 1992. Proceedings of the Third Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, Kisumu, Kenya, August 4-9, 1986, Franz Rottland and Lucia N. Omondi (eds.). oai:sil.org:2882
  12. Meje-Mangbetu (northeastern Zaire) death compensations as intergroup rites of passage: a structural, cultural, and linguistic study. McKee, Robert G. 1995. SIL International. oai:sil.org:9408
  13. Nɔ́rɛ́yé balí. Amanyombito, Justin. 2004. Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:33938
  14. ONLINEAmɛ́hya Nɛ́mangbɛtʉ!. McKee, Robert G.; Ongasa, Nzila; Abuotubodio, Abhule. 1987. Projet de Traduction Biblique en Dialectes Mangbetus. oai:sil.org:33950
  15. Nóokiyé. Adubo, Bejamin. 2004. Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:33968
  16. Nɛ́mbwʉma andrɔnga. Arabone, Nicolas. 2004. Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:33981
  17. Nɛ́mándʉ́a. Adruama, François. 2004. Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:33982
  18. Náágbágí̵ ándrodhi. Mbimbiane, Louise. 2004. Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:33987
  19. ONLINEMangbetu tales of Leopard and Azapane: trickster as resistance hero. McKee, Robert G. 2010. SIL International. oai:sil.org:44077
  20. ONLINEStorytelling for peace-building: toward sustainable cultural diversity. McKee, Robert G. 2009. SIL International. oai:sil.org:47817
  21. Calendrier Mangbetu 1990. n.a. 1990. Projet de traduction biblique en dialectes mangbetus. oai:sil.org:69497
  22. Calendrier Mangbetu 1991, Alphabet Mangbetu. n.a. 1991. Projet de Traduction Biblique en Langues Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:69499
  23. Amɛ́hya Nɛ́mangbɛtʉ!. n.a. 1987. SIL International. oai:sil.org:80755

Other resources in the language

  1. ONLINELombi survey report. Boone, Douglas W. 1995. Language Survey Department Summer Institute of Linguistics Eastern Zaire Group. oai:sil.org:32358

Other known names and dialect names: Aberu, Amangbetu, Kingbetu, Makere, Malele, Mambetto, Mangbettu, Medje, Meegye, Meje, Nemangbetu, Popoi

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