- The
Bushoong languages are a
clade of
Bantu languages coded Zone C.80 in Guthrie's classification.
According to
Nurse &
Philippson (2003),
apart from Dengese...
- was the
language of the Kuba Kingdom.
Alternative names are Bushongo,
Bushoong, Busoong, Shongo, Ganga, Kuba, Mbale, Bamongo, Mongo.
Dialects are said...
-
government was
controlled by a king
called the nyim who
belonged to the
Bushoong clan. The king was
responsible to a
court council of all the Kuba subgroups...
-
large part of Guthrie's Zone C (Motingea 1996): Bangi–Ntomba (Lingala, Mongo, etc.:
mostly C.30) Soko–Kele (C50–60)
Tetela (C70)
Bushoong (C80) v t e...
- B80-C60-70-80: Boma–Dzing languages, Soko languages,
Tetela languages,
Bushoong languages B40-H10-30-B50-60-70: Sira languages,
Kongo languages, Yaka languages...
- The
Shoowa people, a
small po****tion on the
northwestern fringe of the
Bushoong kingdom, Congo, have
created visually delightful and
colourful ceremonial...
- are
expected to
contribute to the
creation of cloth.
There are
multiple Bushoong proverbs that
speak of
collective ownership of the
cloth and the responsibility...
- babande, is
practiced in many Ngeende, Ngongo, Mbeengi, Bokila,
Shoowa and
Bushoong villages in the
central and
northern Kuba region.
Babanede initiation rites...
- Bati–Angba
languages (Bwa) C50–60 Soko
languages C70
Tetela languages C80
Bushoong languages Zone C is
sometimes considered Forest Bantu,
sometimes Savanna...
-
Philippson (2003),
together with C.81
Dengese and C.89, the
Shuwa "dialect" of
Bushoong, the
languages form a
valid node. They are: Tetela–Hamba, Kusu, Nkutu,...
