Azande language

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Azande language is a Ubangian language spoken primarily by the Azande people across parts of South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African language
Ubangian language
natural language
alternativeName Kizande NERFINISHED
Pa-Zande
Zande
Zande proper
belongsToMacroArea Africa NERFINISHED
country Central African Republic NERFINISHED
Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Sudan NERFINISHED
ethnicity Azande NERFINISHED
glottologName Azande NERFINISHED
hasDialects Barambu-related varieties
Zande proper varieties
hasGlottocode azan1239
hasISO6393Code zne
hasLinguisticClassification Niger–Congo (proposed higher-level family, classification debated) NERFINISHED
hasNeighboringLanguage Mangbetu language NERFINISHED
Moru language NERFINISHED
Ngbandi language NERFINISHED
Sango language NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
hasSpeakerCommunity northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
southeastern Central African Republic
western South Sudan
hasTypologicalFeature SVO basic word order (subject–verb–object)
isSubjectOf linguistic description in Ubangian language studies
isTaughtIn some primary schools in Azande-speaking areas
languageFamily Ubangian languages
region Central Africa
spokenBy Azande people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Central African Republic NERFINISHED
Democratic Republic of the Congo
South Sudan
subfamily Zande languages NERFINISHED
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn parts of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
parts of southeastern Central African Republic
parts of western South Sudan
usedIn local radio broadcasts in Azande-speaking regions
oral literature of the Azande people
traditional storytelling among the Azande
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Zande language alternativeName Azande language