Mono ( English mono ) - the Adamava-Ubangian people inhabiting the northwestern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - on the left bank of the in the vicinity of the cities of and Bili (province of Northern Ubangi ), as well as in the vicinity of the city of ( South Ubangi Province). The total number is estimated at 173 thousand people [1] [2] .
| Mono | |
|---|---|
| Abundance and area | |
| In total: about 173 thousand people. [one] | |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Language | mono , lingala , ngbaka , sango [2] |
| Religion | Christianity , traditional beliefs |
Mono settled in the neighborhood with the Ngombe people of the Bantu group , as well as in the vicinity of such related Adamava-Ubangian peoples such as Ngbaka , Ngbaka ma'bo , gang and others [3] [4] .
Representatives of the mono people speak the language of the mono- linguistic branch of the gang , traditionally included in the Ubangian subfamily of the Adamava-Ubangian family of the Niger-Congolese macro-family [5] [6] . This language is also known as amono. It splits into dialects of beat, bubanda, galaba, kaga and mpaka. Closest to gobu language [7] . Writing is based on the Latin alphabet . As a second language, mono is widespread among speakers of closely related languages gbansiri , gobu, mid-south gang , ngbundu , south-central gang and togbo-vara gang , as well as among speakers of the Nilo-Sahara language furu . Along with the native language, among the mono languages are also common lingala , ngbaka and sango [2] .
According to the website of the organization , the vast majority of mono people profess Christianity (95%), small mono groups adhere to traditional beliefs (5%) [1] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Mono in Democratic Republic of Congo . (2017). Archived on November 13, 2017. (Retrieved November 13, 2017)
- ↑ 1 2 3 Simons GF, Fennig CD: Mono. A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo . Ethnologue: Languages of the World (20th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2017). Archived on November 13, 2017. (Retrieved November 13, 2017)
- ↑ Simons GF, Fennig CD: Northern Democratic Republic of Congo . Ethnologue: Languages of the World (20th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2017). Archived on November 13, 2017. (Retrieved November 13, 2017)
- ↑ Simons GF, Fennig CD: Central African Republic . Ethnologue: Languages of the World (20th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2017). Archived on November 13, 2017. (Retrieved November 13, 2017)
- ↑ Adamava-Ubangian languages / Vinogradov V.A. // A - Questioning. - M .: Great Russian Encyclopedia, 2005. - P. 206. - ( Great Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 1). - ISBN 5-85270-329-X . Archived copy . Date of treatment October 20, 2018. Archived October 25, 2017. (Retrieved November 13, 2017)
- ↑ Simons GF, Fennig CD: Niger-Congo. Atlantic-Congo. Volta-Congo. North Adamawa-Ubangi. Ubangi Ethnologue: Languages of the World (20th Edition) . Dallas: SIL International (2017). Archived on November 11, 2017. (Retrieved November 13, 2017)
- ↑ Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M. , Bank S .: Language: Mono (Democratic Republic of Congo ) . . Jena: (2016). Archived on November 13, 2017. (Retrieved November 13, 2017)