Ngbandi

E672799

Central African language Ubangian language language

Ngbandi is a Central African language spoken primarily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic, known for its role as a regional lingua franca and its inclusion in the Ubangian language family.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ngbandi-Ngiri	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Central African language ⓘ Ubangian language ⓘ language ⓘ
branchOf	Sangoic branch ⓘ
countryStatus	minority language in Central African Republic ⓘ minority language in Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Ngbandi people NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicFeatureAssociated	Ubangi River NERFINISHED ⓘ
glottocode	ngba1288 ⓘ
glottologName	Ngbandi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Gbanziri–Ngbandi (in some classifications) ⓘ Ngbandi proper NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDialect	Dendi (Ngbandi variety) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Ngbandi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sango (based on Ngbandi) ⓘ Southern Ngbandi NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	limited inflectional morphology ⓘ use of prefixes and suffixes ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive tone ⓘ nasal consonants ⓘ
historicalRegion	Ubangi River region ⓘ
influenced	Sango language NERFINISHED ⓘ
iso639-3Code	ngb ⓘ
languageFamily	Ubangian ⓘ
lexifierOf	Sango language NERFINISHED ⓘ
linguisticClassification	Niger–Congo languages (often classified) ⓘ Ubangian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
neighboringLanguages	Gbaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Sango NERFINISHED ⓘ Zande NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Central Africa ⓘ
spokenIn	Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	non-official language ⓘ regional language ⓘ
subfamily	Sango–Ngbandi NERFINISHED ⓘ
typologicalFeature	SVO word order ⓘ tonal language ⓘ
usedAs	lingua franca ⓘ regional lingua franca ⓘ
usedBy	Ngbandi ethnic communities in DRC and CAR ⓘ
usedInDomain	interethnic communication ⓘ local administration (historically) ⓘ trade ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

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

Ubangian → majorLanguage → Ngbandi ⓘ

Sango language → hasLexicalSource → Ngbandi ⓘ

Ngbandi language → glottologName → Ngbandi ⓘ

Ngbandi language → hasAlternativeName → Ngbandi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ngbandi-Ngiri

Mobutu Sese Seko → ethnicGroup → Ngbandi ⓘ