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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 5.3 Resources for Mangbetu. n.a. 2026. 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. ONLINEGrammaire des dialectes mangbetu et medje. Larochette, J. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:2498
  4. ONLINELa langue des makere, des medje et des mangbetu. Vekens, A. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4224
  5. ONLINELinguistic Analyses: the Non-Bantu Languages of North-Eastern Africa. Tucker, A. N. and Bryan, M. A. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:846
  6. ONLINEMangbetu Orthography. Hartell, Rhonda L. 1993. BREDA Press. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mdj_ortho-1
  7. 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
  8. ONLINELabial vibrants in Mangbetu. Mbiri Koogibho, David; Olson, Kenneth S. 2013. SIL International. oai:sil.org:58688
  9. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Mangbetu. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:mbt

Other resources about the language

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Mangbetu tales of leopard and azapane : trickster as resistance hero. McKee, Rob. n.d. Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics Library. oai:gial.edu:28419
  4. ONLINEMangbetu: a language of Democratic Republic of the Congo. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:mdj
  5. 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
  6. ’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
  7. ‘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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Nɔ́rɛ́yé balí. Amanyombito, Justin. 2004. Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:33938
  11. ONLINEAmɛ́hya Nɛ́mangbɛtʉ!. McKee, Robert G.; Ongasa, Nzila; Abuotubodio, Abhule. 1987. Projet de Traduction Biblique en Dialectes Mangbetus. oai:sil.org:33950
  12. Nóokiyé. Adubo, Bejamin. 2004. Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:33968
  13. Nɛ́mbwʉma andrɔnga. Arabone, Nicolas. 2004. Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:33981
  14. Nɛ́mándʉ́a. Adruama, François. 2004. Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:33982
  15. Náágbágí̵ ándrodhi. Mbimbiane, Louise. 2004. Projet de Traduction de la Bible et d'Alphabétisation en Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:33987
  16. ONLINEMangbetu tales of Leopard and Azapane: trickster as resistance hero. McKee, Robert G. 2010. SIL International. oai:sil.org:44077
  17. ONLINEStorytelling for peace-building: toward sustainable cultural diversity. McKee, Robert G. 2009. SIL International. oai:sil.org:47817
  18. Calendrier Mangbetu 1990. n.a. 1990. Projet de traduction biblique en dialectes mangbetus. oai:sil.org:69497
  19. Calendrier Mangbetu 1991, Alphabet Mangbetu. n.a. 1991. Projet de Traduction Biblique en Langues Mangbetu. oai:sil.org:69499
  20. 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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