Talinga-Bwisi language

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Name (Latin)
Talinga-Bwisi language
Other forms of name
Bwisi-Talinga language
Bwissi language
Kitalinga language
Mawisi language
Mawissi language
See Also From tracing topical name
Bantu languages
See Also From tracing place name
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Uganda
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q7679530
Library of congress: sh2003003118
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 2001349416: Paluku, A. Description grammatical du kitalinga, 1998.
  • Ethnologue, 2000(Talinga-Bwisi; variants Kitalinga, Lubwisi, Olubwisi, Bwissi, Mawissi, Lubwissi; different from Bwisi of Congo-Brazzaville and Gabon; Talinga is used in DRC and Bwisi in Uganda)
  • Voegelin lang.:p. 61 (Bwisi-Talinga = Mawisi)
Wikipedia description:

Talinga or Bwisi is a Bantu language spoken in the Uganda–Congo border region. It is called Talinga (Kitalinga) in DRC and Bwisi (Lubwisi, Olubwisi) in Uganda.

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