• 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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  • They traditionally speak the Ngbandi language, which is part of the Ubangian language family. Historically the Ngbandi were subsistence farmers, and...
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  • 6 million second language speakers. Sango is a language with contested classification, with some linguists considering it a Ngbandi-based creole, while...
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    Southern Bantoid (or South Bantoid) is a branch of the Bantoid language family. It consists of the Bantu languages along with several small branches and...
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  • Palenque Sango language, Ngbandi-based creole language spoken in the Central African Republic Unserdeutsch language, a German-based creole language spoken primarily...
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  • Ubangian Banda Ngbandi (Sango, with 2 million speakers total, is Ngbandi-based) Sere–Mba Sere Ngbaka–Mba Ngbaka (note the principal Gbaya language is also called...
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    Caron for Southern Bauchi languages show that even some of those recorded in the 1970s have disappeared. However unknown Chadic languages are still being...
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    Mali Tigrinya in Ethiopia and Eritrea Austronesian Malagasy in Madagascar Ngbandi creole Sango in the Central African Republic French Creole Seychelles Creole...
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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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    Central, Southern, Eastern and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated...
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    Seenku a.k.a. Sembla language is also called 'Southern Samo'. Berthelette, John (2002). Survey report on the San (Samo) language. SIL Electronic Survey...
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  • Igboid languages constitute a branch of the Volta–Niger language family. The subgroups are: Ekpeye Nuclear Igboid: Igbo, Ikwerre, Ika, Izii–Ikwo–Ezza–Mgbo...
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    The Atlantic–Congo languages are the largest demonstrated family of languages in Africa. They have characteristic noun class systems and form the core...
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  • also known as Wín, is a language of Burkina Faso that is of uncertain affiliation within Niger-Congo. It may be a Gur language. There are two dialects...
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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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  • between Mel and the other southern languages, Sua (Mansoanka) and Gola. Mel Temne Temne Baga languages Bullom–Kissi Bullom languages Kissi Fields (2004) splits...
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    reassigned to the Southern Bantoid family, making the terms Cross River and Delta–Cross now synonymous. In Nigeria, this languages are spoken in Cross...
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    mainly geographically motivated, dividing the Senufo languages into Northern, Central, and Southern Senufo. In subsequent years, this terminology was adopted...
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  • are a branch of Atlantic–Congo languages centered on Senegal, with most languages spoken there and in neighboring southern Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau...
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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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    The Tivoid languages are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in parts of Nigeria and Cameroon. The subfamily takes its name after Tiv, the...
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    and 8 degrees latitude and the southern border is the Atlantic coast. The area is neighbored mainly by other Kwa languages, except for the east and north-east...
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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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    show more features of Kwa the closer one moves to Akan) The Lagoon languages of southern Ivory Coast are not particularly close to any of these, nor to each...
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    The Dogon languages are a small closely related language family that is spoken by the Dogon people of Mali and may belong to the proposed Niger–Congo family...
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  • Kebi-Benue languages (also known as Lakka in narrower scope) are a group of the Mbum–Day branch of the Adamawa languages, spoken in southern Chad, northwestern...
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    Kordofan region of Sudan: Talodi–Heiban languages, Lafofa languages, Rashad languages, Katla languages and Kadu languages. The first four groups are sometimes...
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    The Grassfields languages (or Wide Grassfields languages) are a branch of the Southern Bantoid languages spoken in the Western High Plateau of Cameroon...
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  • (Fali Kangou) Bele (Fali-Bele) Fali-Tinguélin The Nimbari language used to be spoken in the southern Fali area, but Nimbari people now speak Fali Kangou. List...
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    The Kru languages are spoken by the Kru people from the southeast of Liberia to the west of Ivory Coast. According to Güldemann (2018), Kru lacks sufficient...
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