Mbuun is a western Bantu language spoken by about 165,000 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In particular, it is spoken in Idiofa, a town in the east of Kwilu Province (formerly part of Bandundu Province) in the west of the DRC.
Mbuun is also known as Mpuun, Mboon, Embun, Imbuun, Kumbuun or Gumbunda. It was first documented and written in the 1930s, and parts of the Bible have been translated into Mbuun.
Download an alphabet chart for Mbuun (Excel)
Information about the Mbuun alphabet (PDF) provided by Wolfram Siegel
D, G, V and Z are used mainly in loanwords and foreign names.
Information about Mbuun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbuun_language
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpuono
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbuun_(langue)
https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/mpuo1241
http://www.language-archives.org/language/zmp
Aka, Bafaw-Balong, Bangi, Basaa, Bemba, Bena, Benga, Bhaca, Bube, Bukusu, Bulu, Central Teke, Chichewa, Chokwe, Chuwabu, Comorian, Dciriku, Digo, Duala, Eton, Ewondo, Fang, Ganda/Luganda, Gogo, Gusii, Gwere, Haya, Hehe, Herero, Ibinda, Ikizu, Ikoma, Jita, Kabwa, Kako, Kamba, Kiga, Kikuyu, Kimbundu, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Kisi, Kogo, Komo, Kongo, Konjo, Koti, Kukuya, Kunda, Kuria, Lambya, Lingala, Loma, Lozi, Luba-Katanga, Luchazi, Lunda, Luvale, Makaa, Makonde, Makhuwa, Mandekan, Maore, Masaaba, Mbama, Mbere, Mbukushu, Mbunda, Mbuun, Mende, Mongo, Mpiemo, Mushungulu, Mwani, Nambya, Nande, Ngoni, Nkore, North Teke, Northern Ndebele (South Africa), Northern Ndebele (Zimbabwe), Northern Sotho, Nyamwezi, Nyakyusa, Nyemba, Nyole, Nyoro, Nyungwe, Nzadi, Oroko, OshiWambo, Pagibete, Punu, Ronga, Safwa, Sena, Sengele, Shona, Soga, Songe, Southern Ndebele, Southern Sotho, Sukuma, Swahili, Swati, Tanga, Tembo, Tonga, Tooro, Tshiluba, Tsonga, Tswa, Tswana, Tumbuka, Umbundu, Venda, Vwanji, Xhosa, Yao, Yasa, Zigula, Zinza, Zulu
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page created: 24.02.25. Last modified: 24.02.25
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