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Description

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)

• French Genealogical Word List
• Sango Language Word List and Phrases
• Sango Phrasebook - Wiki Voyage
• Useful Phrases in Sango - Omniglot

Alphabet and Pronunciation

• Sango Language Alphabet - Wikipedia
• Sango Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot

Language Aids and Dictionaries

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