Central Banda language
"Vara language" redirects here. For the language of Papua, see Upper Morehead language.
| Central Banda | |
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| Native to | Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan |
Native speakers | (580,000 cited 1984–1996)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Variously: liy – Banda-Bambari bpd – Banda-Banda bqk – Banda-Mbrès bfl – Banda-Ndélé tor – Togbo-Vara Banda bjo – Mid-Southern Banda gox – Gobu kuw – Kpagua mnh – Mono nue – Ngundu |
| Glottolog |
cent2022[2] |
Central Banda is a dialect continuum of the Banda languages spoken by around one million people, primarily in the Central African Republic. The varieties may be mutually intelligible, especially the Mid-Southern–Gobu–Kpagua–Mono–Ngundu cluster. The other varieties are Bambari, Banda-Banda, Mbrès, Ndélé, and Togbo-Vara Banda.
See also
References
- ↑ Banda-Bambari at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Banda-Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Banda-Mbrès at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Banda-Ndélé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Togbo-Vara Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Mid-Southern Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
(Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Central Core [Banda]". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
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