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Description[edit | edit source]

Sango is the primary language spoken in the Central African Republic and also the official language of the country.

Sango

a creole based on the Northern Ngbandi language
used as a trade language along the Ubangi River prior to French colonisation in the 1880s

Word List(s)[edit | edit source]

For word list and help researching in Central African Republic records, see:

French Genealogical Word List

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Sango Language Alphabet

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

Language Aids

Dictionary

Online Dictionary

English-French-Sango Dictionary

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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 ==Description==
-Sango is the primary language spoken in the Central African Republic and also the official language of the country. French is also an official language.
+Sango is the primary language spoken in the Central African Republic and also the official language of the country.
-The Ngbandi language is also spoken. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Central African Republic," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republic#Languages#Languages, accessed 5 Apr 2021.</ref>
-'''Sango''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Sango language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sango_language, accessed 5 Apr 2021.</ref>
+'''Sango'''
 * a creole based on the Northern Ngbandi language
 * used as a trade language along the Ubangi River prior to French colonisation in the 1880s
-* there are 450,000 native speakers of Sango (1988)
-* also 1.6 million second language speakers
-'''Ngbandi''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Ngbandi language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngbandi_language, accessed 5 Apr 2021.</ref>
-* a dialect continuum of the Ubangian family
-* spoken by a half-million or so people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in the Central African Republic
-* primarily spoken by the Ngbandi people
 ==Word List(s)==
-* [[French Genealogical Word List]]
+For word list and help researching in Central African Republic records, see:
-* [https://www.brighthubeducation.com/studying-a-language/43530-sango-vocabulary-language-of-central-african-republic/ Sango Language Word List and Phrases]
+*[[French Genealogical Word List]]
-* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Sango_phrasebook Sango Phrasebook - Wiki Voyage]
-* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/sango.htm Useful Phrases in Sango - Omniglot]
-* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/french.php Useful French Phrases - Omniglot]
 ==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sango_language#Orthography Sango Language Alphabet - Wikipedia]
+* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sango_language#Orthography Sango Language Alphabet]
-* [https://omniglot.com/writing/sango.php Sango Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot]
-* [https://www.omniglot.com/writing/french.htm French Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot]
 ==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
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 * [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/sango.php Sango Language - Omniglot]
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sango_language#Phonology Sango Language Vowels and Consonants]
-* [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00437956.1961.11659744 The Vocabulary of Sango - Routledge]
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sango_language Sango Language - Wikipedia]
 '''Dictionary'''
-* Samarin, William J and Charles R Taber. ''A Dictionary of Sango.'' Hartford, Connecticut: Hartford Seminary Foundation, 1965. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/5722789 WorldCat].
-* Rosenau, E V, Clara De Rosset, and Loie Knight. ''1980 Sango-English dictionary.'' Cleveland, Ohio: Presse biblique baptiste , 1980. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/7741864 WorldCat].
-* Girard, Denis. ''Cassell's French-English, English-French dictionary.'' Wiley, New York: Macmillan, 2002. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/798320280 WorldCat].
 '''Online Dictionary'''
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190322154848/http://joelandjes.com/sangolex/ English-French-Sango Dictionary]
-* [http://joelandjes.com/sangolex/?i=1 Sango-English-French Online Dictionary - Sangolex]
-* [http://centrafrique.sango.free.fr/index_uk.htm English-Sango Dictionary
-* [https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/french-english/ English-French Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary]
 ==Additional Resources==
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_Central_African_Republic Languages of the Central African Republic]
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_African_Republic#Languages Central African Republic]
-* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sango_language Sango Language]
 ==References==