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Ubangian languages information


Ubangian
Geographic
distribution
Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Volta–Congo
      • Savanna?
        • Ubangian
Subdivisions
  • Banda
  • Ngbandi
  • Zande
  • Sere
  • Ngbaka
  • Mba
  • Gbaya?
Glottologuban1244  (Ubangian + Zande)

The Ubangian languages form a diverse linkage of some seventy languages centered on the Central African Republic and the DR Congo. They are the predominant languages of the CAR, spoken by 2–3 million people, including one of its official languages, Sango. They are also spoken in Cameroon, Chad, the Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

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Ubangian languages

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The Ubangian languages form a diverse linkage of some seventy languages centered on the Central African Republic and the DR Congo. They are the predominant...

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Languages of Cameroon

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250 languages, with some accounts reporting around 600. These include 55 Afro-Asiatic languages, two Nilo-Saharan languages, four Ubangian languages, and...

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Languages of Nigeria

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and Efik proper. The single Gur language spoken is Baatọnun, in the extreme Northwest. The Adamawa–Ubangian languages are spoken between central Nigeria...

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Banda languages

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Banda is a family of Ubangian languages spoken by the Banda people of Central Africa. Banda languages are distributed in the Central African Republic,...

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Savannas languages

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shown to be related to Niger–Congo (or any other family)," though the Ubangian languages are themselves not a valid group, and the Gbaya branch may turn out...

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Classification of Pygmy languages

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who speak Bantu and Ubangian languages; the Mbuti (Efe et al.) of the Ituri Rainforest, who speak Bantu and Central Sudanic languages, and the Twa of the...

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Baka language

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Be-bayaga, Be-bayaka, and Bibaya de L’est) is a dialect cluster of Ubangian languages spoken by the Baka Pygmies of Cameroon and Gabon. The people are ethnically...

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Languages of the Central African Republic

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The language has become the mother tongue of almost all children in Bangui. Nearly all of the native languages of the CAR belong to the Ubangian languages...

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Ngbaka languages

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Ngbaka languages are a family of Ubangian languages spoken in the Central African Republic and neighboring areas. It includes Pygmy languages such as...

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Gbaya languages

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Carnot, Central African Republic. The Gbaya languages are traditionally classified as part of the Ubangian family. Moñino (2010), followed by Blench (2012)...

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Sango language

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time, of a population of first-language speakers. Whereas rural immigrants to the city spoke many different languages and used Sango only as a lingua...

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Bangba language

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Bangba (Abangba) is a minor Ubangian language of DRC Congo. It is not close enough to other Eastern Ngbaka languages for mutual intelligibility. Bangba...

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Kresh languages

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Dongo and Ndogo are ambiguous, as they are also used for unrelated Ubangian languages. Furu was once classified as Kresh, but is now recognized as Sara...

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Bangala language

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over the past one hundred years, due to language contact with Ubangian languages and Nilo-Saharan languages of northeastern DR Congo. Currently, researchers...

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Ngbandi language

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The Ngbandi language is a dialect continuum of the Ubangian family spoken by a half-million or so people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Ngbandi...

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Chari River

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populated by diverse speakers of the Chadic languages, Adamawa languages, Ubangian languages, Bongo-Bagirmi languages. Oubangui-Chari Chari–Baguirmi Region...

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Zande languages

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is traditionally included among the Ubangian languages, although Moñino (2010) does not group it within Ubangian. It is not clear if it is a member of...

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African Pygmies

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speakers of Bantu and Ubangian languages The Bambuti (Mbuti) of the Ituri Rainforest, speakers of Bantu and Central Sudanic languages the widely scattered...

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Pygmy peoples

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who speak Bantu and Ubangian languages; the Mbuti (Efe etc.) of the Ituri Rainforest, who speak Bantu and Central Sudanic languages, and the Twa of the...

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Ubangi

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missionary (initially an Apostolic Prefecture) Ubangian languages, a family of Central African languages An obsolescent term for African women with lip...

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Aka language

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countries. Aka is spoken by the Aka people, pygmies closely related to the Ubangian-speaking Baka of Cameroon, Congo and Gabon. Together, these peoples are...

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Languages of Africa

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no conclusive evidence for the inclusion of Ubangian. Several languages spoken in Africa belong to language families concentrated or originating outside...

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Monzombo language

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Monzombo is a minor Ubangian language of the Congos. There are three varieties, Monzombo (Mondjembo), Kpala (Kwala), and Yango, which Ethnologue lists...

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Banda

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Cameroon, and Sudan Banda languages, a family of Ubangian languages of Central Africa Banda language (Maluku), an Austronesian language of the Kei Islands,...

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Sere languages

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The Sere languages (also called the Ndogoic or Sere–Ndogo languages) are a proposed family of Ubangian languages spoken in South Sudan and the Democratic...

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Mayogo language

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Mayugo, Majugu, Maigo, Maiko, Mayko and also called Kiyogo) is a Ubangian language spoken by the Day (Angai), Maambi, and Mangbele peoples of the Democratic...

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Languages of Gabon

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Eshira, Shira Vili (vif) Teke languages Northern Teke (teg) Western Teke (tez) Vumbu (vum) Ubangian languages Ngbaka languages Baka Ouellon, Conrad. "Gabon"...

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