A CROSS LINGUISTIC VARIATION BETWEEN KISUUNDI KYA MAYAMA (K.K.M) AND KIKOONGO KYA NSEKE (K.K.N).

Authors

  • Orci Grace Ntondele Faculté des lettres, arts et sciences humaines Centre de Recherches en Linguistique et Langues Orales (CERELLO) Université Marien Ngouabi Author
  • Yvon-Pierre Ndongo Ibara Faculté des lettres, arts et sciences humaines Centre de Recherches en Linguistique et Langues Orales (CERELLO) Université Marien Ngouabi Author

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Phonematic comparison, Kisuundi kya Mayama, Kikoongo kya Nseke

Abstract

: This contribution compares the phonematic systems of Kisuundi kya Mayama and Kinseke, two Koongo language varieties, with a particular attention to their intelligibility. Accordingly, it comes out of discussion that both Kisuundi kya Mayama and Kinseke attest
twenty-one similar consonant phonemes, where four / ɤ, s, z, d/ get to allophonize in Kisuundi kya Mayama and three /ɤ, s, z / in Kinseke, and five vowels. So being, phonological processes like prenasalization, palatalization, palatoalveolarization, apicoalveolarization, incrementization, decrementization and long distance assimilation appearing as stable  phonological assimilatory processes in the two language varieties. Finally, it issues from the  discussion that the two language varieties share intelligibly a percentage of 69,80% making them more endo-exogenous than exo-endogenous

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No 6 (2021): Les Cahiers du GREMS

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2025-09-02

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No. 6 (2021): Les Cahiers du GREMS

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A CROSS LINGUISTIC VARIATION BETWEEN KISUUNDI KYA MAYAMA (K.K.M) AND KIKOONGO KYA NSEKE (K.K.N). . (2025). Les Cahiers du GREMS, 6, 67-81. https://flashumng.com/index.php/grems/article/view/grems-81