Mba · Banalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
Yell
AnatomicalYell
Summary
Yelling system used by the Mba people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mentioned in Carrington (1949). Linguistic H and L tones are encoded by shouted syllables cu and cɔ respectively (654). Used for long-distance communication.
Bibliography
Carrington, J. F. (1949). Talking Drums of Africa. In T. A. Sebeok & J. Umiker-Sebeok, Speech Surrogates: Drum and Whistle Systems. 1976.