Yansi language


Yans is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by the Bayanzi.
There are six language varieties Guthrie classified as Bantu B.85 :
  • B.85A Mbiem, West Yansi
  • B.85B East Yans
  • B.85C Yeei
  • B.85D Tsong
  • B.85E Mpur
  • B.85F Tsambaan
According to Nurse, most belong to the Yaka languages, but one or two are among the Boma–Dzing languages. Maho notes that the Tsong variety is the then-unclassified "Songo" language of Ethnologue and is the one that does not belong with the rest. Glottolog likewise classifies "Nsong-Mpiin" apart from Yansi.

Phonology

Most of dialects have these sounds:

Consonants

Vowels