{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Congo}} {{Infobox language |name=Yansi |nativename=''Eyansi'' |region= |states=DR Congo |ethnicity= |speakers=100,000 |date=1997 |ref=e18 |familycolor=Niger-Congo |fam2=Atlantic–Congo |fam3=Benue–Congo |fam4=Bantoid |fam5=Bantu (Zone B) |fam6=some Yaka (H.30)<br>some Boma–Dzing (B.80) |dia1=Yans proper |dia2=Mbiem |dia3=Yeei |dia4=Mpur |iso3=yns |guthrie=B.85 |glotto=yans1239 |glottoname=Yansi }}
'''Yans''' (Yanzi) 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 (Yans): *B.85A Mbiem, West Yansi *B.85B East Yans *B.85C Yeei *B.85D Tsong (Itsong, Nsong, Ntsuo, "Songo") *B.85E Mpur (Mput) *B.85F Tsambaan
According to Nurse (2003), most belong to the Yaka languages, but one or two are among the Boma–Dzing languages. Maho (2009) notes that the Tsong variety is the then-unclassified "Songo" language (ISO [soo]) of ''Ethnologue'' and is the one that does not belong with the rest. ''Glottolog'' likewise classifies "Nsong-Mpiin" [soo] apart from Yansi.
==Phonology== Most of dialects have these sounds: ===Consonants=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="2" | !Labial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Labio-<br>velar |- align="center" ! colspan="2" |Nasal |{{IPA link|m}} |{{IPA link|n}} |({{IPA link|ɲ}}) |{{IPA link|ŋ}} | |- align="center" ! rowspan="2" |Plosive !<small>voiceless</small> |{{IPA link|p}} {{IPA link|ᵐp}} |{{IPA link|t}} {{IPA link|ⁿt}} |({{IPA link|c}}) ({{IPA link|ᶮc}}) |{{IPA link|k}} {{IPA link|ᵑk}} | |- align="center" !<small>voiced</small> |{{IPA link|b}} {{IPA link|ᵐp}} |{{IPA link|d}} {{IPA link|ⁿt}} |({{IPA link|ɟ}}) ({{IPA link|ᶮɟ}}) |{{IPA link|ɡ}} {{IPA link|ᵑɡ}} | |- align="center" ! rowspan="2" |Fricative !<small>voiceless</small> |{{IPA link|f}} {{IPA link|ᵐf}} {{IPA link|v}} |{{IPA link|s}} {{IPA link|ⁿs}} {{IPA link|t͡s}} {{IPA link|ⁿt͡s}} | | | |- !<small>voiced</small> | |{{IPA link|z}} {{IPA link|ⁿz}} | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Rhotic | |{{IPA link|ɾ}} | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Lateral | |{{IPA link|l}} | | | |- align="center" ! colspan="2" |Approximant | | |{{IPA link|j}} | |{{IPA link|w}} |}
===Vowels=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! !Front !Central !Back |- align="center" !Close |{{IPA link|i}} {{IPA link|iː}} |{{IPA link|ɨ}} {{IPA link|ɨː}} |{{IPA link|u}} {{IPA link|uː}} |- align="center" !Close-mid |{{IPA link|e}} {{IPA link|eː}} |{{IPA link|ə}} {{IPA link|əː}} |{{IPA link|o}} {{IPA link|oː}} |- !Open-mid |{{IPA link|ɛ}} {{IPA link|ɛː}} |{{IPA link|ɜ}} {{IPA link|ɜː}} |{{IPA link|ɔ}} {{IPA link|ɔː}} |- align="center" !Open |{{IPA link|a}} |{{IPA link|ɐ}} {{IPA link|ɐː}} |{{IPA link|ɑ}} {{IPA link|ɑː}} |}
==References== {{reflist}} *[http://goto.glocalnet.net/mahopapers/nuglonline.pdf Maho (2009)]
{{Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo}} {{Narrow Bantu languages (Zones A–B)}} {{Authority control}} Category:Boma-Dzing languages Category:Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:Yaka languages
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