Ngam language

Ngam
Sara Ngam
Native to	Chad, Central African Republic
Native speakers	61,000 (1993–1996)^[1]
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Sara languages East Ngam
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`nmc`
Glottolog	`ngam1269`^[2]

Ngam, or Sara Ngam, is a Bongo–Bagirmi language of Chad and the Central African Republic.

References

Sara-Bagirmi Language Project - Ngam

↑ Ngam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngam". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Languages of the Central African Republic

Official languages	French Sango

National languages	Gbanu Kabba Kako Kare Laka Mbay Mbum Ngam Ngbaka Ma’bo Pana Yaka Zande

Central Sudanic languages

Bongo–Bagirmi

Bongo–Baka	Baka Bongo Jur Beli Jur Modo Mittu Morokodo

Kara	Furu Tar Gula Yulu

Bagirmi	Barma Beraku Disa Fer Gula Jaya Kenga Morom Naba

Sara	Dagba Doba Gulay Horo Kabba of Gore Laka Mbay Nar Ngam Ngambay Sar

Kaba	Kaba Deme Kaba Na Kulfa

Vale	Ruto Vale

Other	Birri Fongoro Sinyar Yulu

Mangbetu–Asoa

Mangbutu–Lese

Lendu
Ngiti

Moru

Central Ma'di	Aringa Avokaya Keliko Logo Lugbara Omi

Southern Ma'di	Ma'di Olu'bo

Other

Mimi of Decorse

Italics indicate extinct languages

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