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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Guinea > Mbulungish

Mbulungish

A language of Guinea

ISO 639-3mbv

Population  5,000 (1998 B. Willits).
Region  Coast north of Nunez River. 22 villages.
Language map  Guinea and Guinea-Bissau, reference number 30
Alternate names   Baga Foré, Baga Monson, Black Baga, Bulunits, Longich, Monchon, Monshon
Dialects  Related to Nalu [naj], Baga Mboteni [bgm].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Northern, Mbulungish-Nalu
Language use  Reportedly used by children actively in 1995–1996.
Comments  Muslim, traditional religion.