• Northwest Gbaya is a Gbaya language spoken across a broad expanse of Cameroon and the Central African Republic. The principal variety is Kara (Kàrà, Gbaya...
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  • The Gbaya languages, also known as Gbaya–Manza–Ngbaka, are a family of perhaps a dozen languages spoken mainly in the western Central African Republic...
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    Congo, and the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Republic of South Sudan In the first half of the 20th century, the Gbaya were involved...
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  • the Northwest Gbaya language, spoken in Cameroon and the Central African Republic Caranqui language, also spelled Cara or Kara, an extinct language of...
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    The Bantu languages (English: UK: /ˌbænˈtuː/, US: /ˈbæntuː/ Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) are a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu...
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  • uncontested members of Niger-Congo. Boyd and Moñino (2010) removed the Gbaya and Zande languages. The half dozen remaining branches are coherent, but their interrelationships...
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    Pana, Kali-Dek, Kuo, Gbete, Pam, Ndai Fali: North, South Nimbari Ubangian Gbaya; Bangando Baka Benue-Congo Jukunoid: Mbembe, Njukun, Kutep, Uuhum-Gigi,...
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  • Gbaya-Bozoum gmm – Gbaya-Mbodomo gso – Southwest Gbaya gya – Northwest Gbaya The following code was previously part of gba: mdo – Southwest Gbaya (Split...
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    hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa. It unites the Mande languages, the Atlantic–Congo languages (which share...
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  • male initiation language of the Gbaya. Dek is purported in some sources but apparently unattested. La'bi, an esoteric ritual language of male initiation...
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    The Atlantic–Congo languages comprise the largest demonstrated family of languages in Africa. They have characteristic noun class systems and form the...
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  • Consciously devised language Endangered language – Language that is at risk of going extinct Ethnologue#Language families Extinct language – Language that no longer...
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    north of the Aka are a group who speak the language of their neighbors, Bofi, which is a language of the Gbaya branch. Population: 3,000 The Gyele (a.k...
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    The number of languages natively spoken in Africa is variously estimated (depending on the delineation of language vs. dialect) at between 1,250 and 2...
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  • (ex-Adamawa: G1, G8) ? Baa (a.k.a. "Kwa") Gbaya (ex-Ubangian) ? Ubangian ? Zande (ex-Ubangian) The moribund Oblo language was left unclassified within Adamawa...
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  • semi-Bantu language that is spoken in Cameroon by the Tikar people, as well as by the Bedzan Pygmies, who speak their own dialect of the language. A recent...
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    morphophonology, Tangut (Tibeto-Burman) kinship, Engenni (Niger-Congo) syntax, and Gbaya (Niger-Congo). The team problem involved matching the articles of the Universal...
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  • Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. Williamson and Blench conclude that the Igboid languages form a "language cluster"...
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    language family. It consists of the Northern Bantoid languages and the Southern Bantoid languages, a division which also includes the Bantu languages...
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  • Banda-Ndélé groups are Govo, Ngàjà, Gbòngó, Mbàtá, Gbàyà, Tulu, and Dabùrù (Moñino 1988). The Banda languages have a Bongo-Bagirmi substratum (Cloarec-Heiss...
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    The Senufo or Senufic languages (Senoufo in French) comprise around 15 languages spoken by the Senufo in the north of Ivory Coast, the south of Mali and...
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    Tuareg-speaking communities in the extreme Northwest. The Hausa language is the best known Chadic language in Nigeria; though there is a paucity of statistics...
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    Manding–Jɔgɔ Jogo languages Manding–Vai Vai–Kono Manding–Mokole Manding languages Mokole languages Southwest Mande (Mende, Kpelle, etc.) Northwest (Samogo–Soninke)...
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    and intelligibility testing surveys of the Eastern Beboid group of languages (Northwest Province)." SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2002-019. http://www.sil...
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    Adamawa Region (category Articles containing French-language text)
    cattle. The Muslim Fulbe (Fulani) form the major ethnic group, though Tikar, Gbaya, and other peoples are present in lesser numbers. The Adamawa's oldest populations...
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  • The Limba language, Hulimba, is a Niger–Congo language of Sierra Leone and Guinea. It is not closely related to other languages and appears to form its...
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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 proper)...
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    The Kwa languages, often specified as New Kwa, are a proposed but as-yet-undemonstrated family of languages spoken in the south-eastern part of Ivory...
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    The twelve Mambiloid languages are languages spoken by the Mambila and related peoples mostly in eastern Nigeria and in Cameroon. In Nigeria the largest...
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    Talodi–Heiban languages are a proposed branch of the hypothetical Niger–Congo family, spoken in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. The Talodi and Heiban languages are...
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