Central Banda language

Central Banda
Native to Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
Native speakers
(580,000 cited 1984–1996)[1]
Ubangian
  • Banda

    • Central
      • Central Banda
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
liy  Banda-Bambari
bpd  Banda-Banda
bqk  Banda-Mbrès
bfl  Banda-Ndélé
tor  Togbo-Vara Banda
bjo  Mid-Southern Banda
gox  Gobu
kuw  Kpagua
mnh  Mono
nue  Ngundu
Glottolog cent2022[2]

Central Banda is a dialect continuum of the Banda languages spoken by around one million people, primarily in the Central African Republic. The varieties may be mutually intelligible, especially the Mid-Southern–Gobu–Kpagua–Mono–Ngundu cluster. The other varieties are Bambari, Banda-Banda, Mbrès, Ndélé, and Togbo-Vara Banda.

See also

References

  1. Banda-Bambari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Banda-Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Banda-Mbrès at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Banda-Ndélé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Togbo-Vara Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Mid-Southern Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    (Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Central Core [Banda]". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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