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Mayogo

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3: mdm

Population	100,000 (1991 SIL).
Region	Orientale Province, Isiro area, mostly in Rungu and Wamba territories.
Language map	Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names	Kiyogo, Maigo, Maiko, Majugu, Mayko, Mayugo
Dialects	Madimadoko, Madipia (Mabozo, Magbai, Mabodese, Madjedje). Lexical similarity: 70%–75% with Bangba [bbe], 62% with Mündü [muh].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Sere-Ngbaka-Mba, Ngbaka-Mba, Ngbaka, Eastern, Mayogo-Bangba
Language use	Also use Bangala [bxg] or Lingala [lin]. Bangala used by the older generation. Increasingly the young are using Lingala.
Language development	Bible portions: 2000–2003.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Ethnic groups: Bakango, Dai (Day, Angai), Maambi, Mangbele. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BOONE, Douglas W., author. 1995. "Kerebolo Madimadoko survey report."

BOONE, Douglas W.; SAWKA, Kenneth Stanley, authors. 1995. "Notes on an experiment in intelligibility testing in Mayogo, Bangba, and Mündü."

MCCORD, Michael S., author. 1989. Acoustical and autosegmental analyses of the Mayogo vowel system.

SAWKA, Kenneth Stanley, author. 2001. Aspects of Mayogo grammar.

WIT, Gert de, editor. 1995. Compendium of survey reports volume 2: non-Bantu languages.

Vernacular Publications

Ní̵ ye madyɵgɵ ne natatanga. 2003.