Bongili
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Republic of the Congo | |
speaker | 4000 | |
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Bongili (also Bokiba, Bongiri, Bungili and Bungiri) is a Bantu language and is spoken by around 4000 people in the Republic of the Congo .
It is widespread in the Sangha department along the Sangha River south of Ouésso .
Bongili is written in the Latin script .
classification
Bongili forms the Ngundi group with the languages Bomitaba , Dibole , Mbati , Ngundi and Pande . According to the classification of Malcolm Guthrie , Bongili belongs to Guthrie Zone C20.
example
Gospel according to John 1, 1–8 EU
Bongili | German |
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O bophotiche ebèki Iwò, n'Iwò ibèki na Nzambe, n'Iwò ibèki Nzambe. Dyango ibèke na Nzambe o bophotiche. Beka bichò bikielbaki na dyango, mo dyango twa, ibe beka byango bidi bi, bidi twa. Bomwè bobèki o dyango, na bomwè bobèki phololo a bato. Na phololo elange o cha boyi, na bobodwa chwa ikolo na yango ka. Moto mò atubanaki, etindaki wango Nzambe, kombo a wango Jean. Wango ayakaki motwatwa ndèngè ichakola tonga na phololo, mòchi bato bachò bakole o ch'èchingane tonga na wango. Wikoncha abodyala Phololo yango ka, ko, wango ayakaki tonga n'ichakola tonga na yango. | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. In the beginning it was with God. Everything came into being through the word and without the word nothing came into being. In him was life and life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not grasped it. A man appeared who was sent by God; his name was Johannes. He came as a witness to testify of the light that all might come to believe through him. He was not the light himself, he was only supposed to bear witness to the light. |
literature
- William L. Gardner: Language use in the Epena district of Northern Congo (PDF; 806 kB) . SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2006. Abstract