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* [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== | ==References== | ||
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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. The Ngbandi language is also spoken.
Sango [1]
- 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 [2]
- 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)[edit | edit source]
- French Genealogical Word List
- Sango Language Word List and Phrases
- Sango Phrasebook - Wiki Voyage
- Useful Phrases in Sango - Omniglot
Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]
Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
Language Aids
- Sango Language - Omniglot
- Sango Language Vowels and Consonants
- The Vocabulary of Sango - Routledge
- Sango Language - Wikipedia
Dictionary
- William J Samarin & Charles R Taber, A Dictionary of Sango, n.p. : n.p., n.d. - Available at WorldCat
- E V Rosenau, Clara De Rosset & Loie Knight, 1980 Sango-English dictionary, Cleveland, Ohio : Baptist Mid-missions, 1980 - Available at WorldCat
Online Dictionary
- English-French-Sango Dictionary
- Sango-English-French Online Dictionary - Sangolex
- [http://centrafrique.sango.free.fr/index_uk.htm English-Sango Dictionary
Additional Resources[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Sango language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sango_language, accessed 5 Apr 2021.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Ngbandi language," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngbandi_language, accessed 5 Apr 2021.