Ubangian languages

E183872
group of closely related languages language family

The Ubangian languages are a group of closely related languages spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and surrounding regions, often considered a branch of the Niger–Congo or an independent language family.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Ubangian languages canonical 10
Ubangi languages 5
Banda–Ngbundu languages 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of closely related languages ⓘ
language family ⓘ
arealFeature Central African linguistic area ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
geographicDistribution Ubangi River ⓘ
surface form: Ubangi River basin

northern Congo Basin ⓘ
hasAlternativeClassification independent language family ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch comparative studies of Niger–Congo affiliation ⓘ
proposals for independent family status ⓘ
hasMember Baka language ⓘ
Banda language ⓘ
Gbaya languages ⓘ
surface form: Gbaya language

Mba languages ⓘ
surface form: Mba language

Ngbaka language ⓘ
Ngbandi language ⓘ
Sango language ⓘ
Zande language ⓘ
hasSubgroup Baka languages ⓘ
Banda languages ⓘ
Gbaya languages ⓘ
Manza languages ⓘ
Mba languages ⓘ
Ngbaka languages ⓘ
Ngbandi languages ⓘ
Sangoic languages ⓘ
Zande language ⓘ
surface form: Zande languages
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
languageFamilyStatus controversial classification ⓘ
namedAfter Ubangi River ⓘ
neighboringLanguageFamilies Adamawa–Ubangi languages ⓘ
surface form: Adamawa languages

Bantu languages ⓘ
Bongo–Bagirmi languages ⓘ
Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Cameroon ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
subclassOf Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
timeDepth relatively shallow internal diversification compared to major African families ⓘ
typologicalFeature agglutinative morphology in many languages ⓘ
mostly tonal languages ⓘ
noun class remnants in some branches ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFranca Sango language ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Banda languages → subclassOf → Ubangian languages ⓘ
Central Banda languages → relatedTo → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zande languages
Central Sudanic languages → hasPart → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ngbaka languages
Adamawa–Ubangi languages → hasSubgroup → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ubangi languages
Adamawa–Ubangi languages → hasNotableLanguage → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zande–Nzakara languages
Adamawa–Ubangi languages → hasNotableLanguage → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Banda–Ngbundu languages
Adamawa–Ubangi languages → hasNotableLanguage → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sere–Bviri languages
Central Banda → subclassOf → Ubangian languages ⓘ
Gbaya languages → branchOf → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Savanna languages
Gbaya languages → neighboringLanguages → Ubangian languages ⓘ
Banda-Linda language → subfamily → Ubangian languages ⓘ
Banda people → languageBranch → Ubangian languages ⓘ
Yakoma language → family → Ubangian languages ⓘ
Kabba language → isPartOf → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ubangi languages
Mba languages → subclassOf → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ubangi languages
Raymond Boyd → studies → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ubangi languages
Pygmy peoples → languageFamily → Ubangian languages ⓘ
Zande language → languageFamily → Ubangian languages ⓘ
Sango language → family → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ubangi languages
Sango → languageFamily → Ubangian languages ⓘ
Baka–Gundi languages → subclassOf → Ubangian languages ⓘ
West Central Sudanic languages → hasMember → Ubangian languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yulu-Binga languages