• 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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  • Ubangian (e.g. Azande (Zande language), Ngbandi, on which the creole Sango is based). Kleinewillinghöfer (2014) believes that the Adamawa languages are...
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    Kru, the Katla and Rashad languages (previously classified as Kordofanian), and perhaps some or all of the Ubangian languages. Hans Günther Mukarovsky [de]'s...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    of the languages within this language family that includes Bantu. The classification of the relatively divergent family of the Ubangian languages, centred...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Bahr el Ghazal and Western Equatoria. They speak Bviri, one of the Ubangian languages. The Balanda Bviri live in both Western Equatoria (Tambura, Nagero...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    Lingala (redirect from LiNgala language)
    languages, such as Kikongo varieties, Ubangian languages, Swahili, French, Portuguese, English, and various African languages (note local and foreign interaction...
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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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    Pygmy peoples (category Articles containing Latin-language text)
    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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  • 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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  • Gbanziri (Gbanzili) is a Ubangian language of the Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gbanziri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    populated by diverse speakers of the Chadic languages, Adamawa languages, Ubangian languages, Bongo-Bagirmi languages. Oubangui-Chari Chari–Baguirmi Region...
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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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    Bantoid languages. The total number of Bantu languages is estimated at between 440 and 680 distinct languages, depending on the definition of "language" versus...
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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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