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Mono

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3: mnh

Population	65,000 (1984 census).
Region	Equateur Province, Nord Ubangi, Bosobolo Territory; some in Libenge Territory. Bili is center.
Language map	Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Alternate names	Amono
Dialects	Bili, Bubanda, Galaba, Kaga, Mpaka. Most similar to Togbo-Vara Banda [tor] and Gobu [gox], but quite different ethnically from Togbo.
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Banda, Central, Central Core, Mid-Southern
Language use	Most also use Lingala [lin] or Sango [sag].
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: Low in Lingala, women below 10%.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

OLSON, Kenneth S., author. 2001. The phonology and morphology of Mono.

OLSON, Kenneth S., author. 2004. "Mono."  

OLSON, Kenneth S., author. 2005. The Phonology of Mono.  

OLSON, Kenneth S., compiler; GEANGOZO, Ama; TEMBENEKUZU, Kilio, translators; HUTTAR, Lars; KUNTZ, Judy; LIEDTKE, Marjorie Peverly; OLSON, Roger E.; SCHRAG, Barb; SCHRAG, Brian E., facilitators. 2010. Mono 2000-item digital wordlist: presentation form.  

OLSON, Kenneth S.; SCHRAG, Brian E., authors. 2000. "An overview of Mono phonology."

SCHRAG, Brian E., author. 1996. Catalyzing creativity: Nurturing a dying music through apprenticeship.

TEMBENEKUZU, Kilio, author; GEANGOZO, Ama, translator; KUNTZ, Judy; OLSON, Kenneth S.; OLSON, Roger E., editors; FOX, Mike; HUTTAR, Lars; LIEDTKE, Marjorie Peverly; SCHRAG, Barb; SCHRAG, Brian E.; SIMONS, Gary F.; SNIDER, Keith L.; VAN WYNEN, Tom, facilitators. 2009. Mono 2000-item digital wordlist: Archival form.

Vernacular Publications

ˀBœ̀ yí ndœ́ kœ́gèrœ̀ t́œ́nœ̀ à?. 1995.

Mbàlà, bakòngɔ œ́́dœ kɔ̀nɔ. 1995.

Ungú kɨndɨ. 1998.