{"id":15743,"date":"2010-03-29T13:59:03","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T12:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/?p=15743"},"modified":"2011-11-03T14:39:15","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T13:39:15","slug":"presentation-of-the-benga-by-linguist-patrick-mouguiama-daouda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/2010\/03\/presentation-of-the-benga-by-linguist-patrick-mouguiama-daouda\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation of the Benga language by linguist Patrick Mouguiama-Daouda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Benga<\/strong> is spoken on the Gabonese coastal zone (Cap Esterias and Cap Santa Clara), north of Libreville.\u00a0Nowadays less that 1000 people are able to use this <strong>language<\/strong>, and the number of<strong> Benga<\/strong> speakers is constantly dropping partly because they are progressively blending into the neighbouring Myene community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The linguistic categorization of <strong>Benga<\/strong> faces complexity. Similarities are found with <strong>languages <\/strong>spoken in the north of the <strong>Benga<\/strong> area, as well as with <strong>languages <\/strong>spoken in the east (languages from the Kota-kele group).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fishing is the main traditional activity of the <strong>Benga<\/strong> people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Equatorial Guinea also counts a few <strong>Benga <\/strong>dwellings, mainly on the island of Corisco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sorosoro.org\/en\/videos-in-benga-language-gabon\">Watch all the videos in Benga<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"610\" height=\"370\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6kE5WrTqUVA?version=3&amp;hl=fr_FR&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6kE5WrTqUVA?version=3&amp;hl=fr_FR&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"610\" height=\"370\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Linguist <\/span>: Patrick Mouguiama-Daouda<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Image and sound<\/span> : Muriel Lutz<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Editing<\/span> : Caroline Laurent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benga is spoken on the Gabonese coastal zone (Cap Esterias and Cap Santa Clara), north of Libreville.\u00a0Nowadays less that 1000 people are able to use this language, and the number of Benga speakers is constantly dropping partly because they are progressively blending into the neighbouring Myene community. 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