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Nor will English be of much help in the textiles market of a Mékambos, Gabon, where Mahongwe is spoken.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Nor will English be of much help in the textiles market of a Mékambos, Gabon, where Mahongwe is spoken.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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The Mahongwe word manono, for example, means "I like" when spoken soft and flat, and "I don't like" when the first syllable is a tad sharper in tone.
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Manono is a particular linguistic oddity, since it uses only tone to differentiate an affirmative from a negative-a phenomenon the ELA has since discovered applies to all verbs in Mahongwe.
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