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The article outlines the ethnography and the socio-linguistic situation of the Mündü with focus on the sociolinguistic situation and on the endangerment of their language. The Mündü are a little known ethnic group living in several non-contiguous areas in the border triangle of Sudan, DR Congo and Uganda. Data on the history and the culture of the Mündü are scant and scattered in small pieces in the reports of the early European travellers in the region, in ethnographic descriptions of the neighbouring peoples, in particular on the Zande, in ethnographic surveys of Africa and ethnographic handbooks. All pieces of information on the cultural, economic and political situation of the Mündü from the latter second half the 20th century until now are published online on the websites of various organisations. Data on the current situation of the Mündü result partly from my own observations in Arua/Uganda.

The article outlines the ethnography and the socio-linguistic situation of the Mündü with focus on the sociolinguistic situation and on the endangerment of their language. The Mündü are a little known ethnic group living in several non-contiguous areas in the border triangle of Sudan, DR Congo and Uganda. Data on the history and the culture of the Mündü are scant and scattered in small pieces in the reports of the early European travellers in the region, in ethnographic descriptions of the neighbouring peoples, in particular on the Zande, in ethnographic surveys of Africa and ethnographic handbooks. All pieces of information on the cultural, economic and political situation of the Mündü from the latter second half the 20th century until now are published online on the websites of various organisations. Data on the current situation of the Mündü result partly from my own observations in Arua/Uganda.

The greater part of Pazande speaking territory is situated at a reasonable distance from the major swahilophone territories and most speakers of Zande have never been in close contact with speakers of Kiswahili. Only when Tippu Tip reached the north-eastern areas of present DR Congo and claimed a political position of power, did the Zande came into contact with Kiswahili. This contact was not intense and, as such, the few Kiswahili loanwords that exist in Zande have never been a topic of research. Such loanwords, however, do exist, e.g. kiti 'chair', and may have entered the language via Lingala or, due to its geographical proximity, the variety Bangala.

The greater part of Pazande speaking territory is located quite far away from the major swahilophone territories and most speakers of Zande have never been in close contact with speakers of Kiswahili. Only when Tippu Tip reached the north-east of present DR Congo and got a political position of power, the Zande came into contact with Kiswahili. This contact was not intense and there are so few Kiswahili loanwords in Zande, that this has never been a topic of research. The existence of such loanwords is, however, a matter of fact, e.g. kiti 'chair'. Some of the loanwords may have entered the language via Lingala or its variant Bangala.

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1 Youth language research: Changing perspectives, international trends and emerging themes -- Part I: Words and patterns -- Introduction -- 2 The emergence of Bahasa Gaul: A comparative study of Yogyakarta and Jakarta youth -- 3 Diverging verb derivational strategies in the youth language Yanké (DR Congo) -- 4 Exploring euphemistic initialisms in teenage computer-mediated communication -- 5 Teenagers and social networking. Twitter as a data source for the study of the language of London teenagers and young adults -- 6 Locating Sepitori in relation to South Africa's youth language practices: An overview -- 7 Innovation and change in a multilingual context: The Innovative Tariana language in northwest Amazonia -- Part II: Specific purposes -- Introduction -- 8 On conversational humour in South African and Congolese youth's interactions: A pragmatic approach to youth language -- 9 Youth language manipulation as decolonial practice in Uganda -- 10 "Whenever I smoke, I see myself in Paradise": The discourse of tobacco consumption among rural youth in Nigeria -- 11 Notes on children's secret language games in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea -- 12 Three "bad" favourites in Spanishspeaking teenagers' conversation -- Part III: Ideologies and belonging -- Introduction -- 13 Metapragmatics of mode-switching: Young people's awareness of multimodal meaning making in digital interaction -- 14 Whose way of speaking? Youth's self-reflexive voices and language ideologies in Uganda and Central African Republic -- 15 The youth linguistic index: Narrative persuasion and sense of belonging in a movie trailer -- 16 "We mix it up": Indigenous youth language practices in Arnhem Land -- 17 Youth language before youth language -- Subject Index