Mangbutu language

Mangbutu
Mangbutu
Region	Congo (DRC)
Native speakers	(15,000 cited 1991)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Eastern Mangbutu–Lese Mangbutu; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mdk
Glottolog	mang1396

Mangbutu is a Central Sudanic language of northeastern Congo. It, or its speakers, are also known as Mangu-Ngutu, Mombuttu, Wambutu. The 1,200 Andinai are separated from other Mangbutu speakers by Lese; they speak a distinct dialect, as do the Andali tribe (Angwe dialect).

Mangbutu is spoken in Watsa Territory.^[2]

References

^ Mangbutu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Bokula, Moiso & Agozia-Kario Irumu. 1994. Bibliographie et matériaux lexicaux des langues Moru-Mangbetu (Soudan-Central, Zaïre). Annales Aequatoria 10: 203‒245.

[e18-1] Mangbutu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[Bokula-2] Bokula, Moiso & Agozia-Kario Irumu. 1994. Bibliographie et matériaux lexicaux des langues Moru-Mangbetu (Soudan-Central, Zaïre). Annales Aequatoria 10: 203‒245.