Bobangi

E286637

Bobangi is a Bantu language historically spoken along the Congo River that served as a major regional trade lingua franca in Central Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bobangi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language
natural language
alternativeName Bobangi language
Bangala
surface form: Bobangi-Bangala
classification Bantu zone C
surface form: Bantu Zone C
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
ethnicGroup Bobangi people
glottologCode boba1241
glottologName Bobangi self-link
guthrieCode C.32
hasDialects yes
hasNounClassSystem yes
historicalRegion Congo Free State
Equateur region
French Equatorial Africa
surface form: French Congo
historicalStatus major regional lingua franca
influenced Bangala (Ngbandi-based trade language)
surface form: Bangala (lingua franca)

Lingala
iso639-3Code bni
languageBranch Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger-Congo languages
languageFamily Bantu
lexicalContributionTo Lingala vocabulary
phonologicalFeature tone language
primaryWordOrder SVO
region Central Africa
Congo River
surface form: Congo River basin
relatedTo Bangala
Lingala
Mongo languages
role lingua franca
trade language
spokenAlong Congo River
Ubangi River
status endangered language
moribund
subgroup Bangala group
timePeriodOfDecline early 20th century
timePeriodOfProminence 19th century
late 18th century
use interethnic communication
riverine trade
usedBy European traders and missionaries (historically)
traders on the Congo River
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Lingala developedFrom Bobangi
Bobangi glottologName Bobangi self-link