Sango

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Sango is a Central African lingua franca and national language of the Central African Republic, originating as a Ngbandi-based trade language.

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Label Occurrences
Sango canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf creole language
language
lingua franca
national language
basedOn Ngbandi language
country Central African Republic
developedDuring late 19th century
developedFrom Ngbandi language
surface form: Northern Ngbandi
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers millions
hasLanguageRegulator Académie centrafricaine
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic
Bantu languages
English
French
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language
hasStandardForm Sango language
surface form: Standard Sango
hasStatus lingua franca of the Central African Republic
national language of the Central African Republic
hasVariety rural Sango
spoken Sango
urban Sango
hasWordOrder SVO
ISO639-1Code sg
ISO639-2Code sag
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
Ubangian languages
nativeName Sängö
officialLanguageOf Central African Republic
originatedAs trade language
primaryFunction interethnic communication
region Central Africa
spokenIn Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
subclassOf Ubangian language
typology analytic language
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn river trade along the Ubangi River
urban areas of the Central African Republic
usedAsSecondLanguageBy majority of the population of the Central African Republic
usedInDomain administration
education
media
religion
usesAlphabet Sango alphabet
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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