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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Sango is the primary language spoken in the Central African Republic and also the official language of the country. | 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. | ||
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''' | '''Sango''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Sango language," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sango_language, accessed 5 Apr 2021.</ref> | ||
* a creole based on the Northern Ngbandi language | * a creole based on the Northern Ngbandi language | ||
* used as a trade language along the Ubangi River prior to French colonisation in the 1880s | * 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)== | ==Word List(s)== | ||
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* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Sango_phrasebook Sango Phrasebook - Wiki Voyage] | * [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/sango.htm Useful Phrases in Sango - Omniglot] | ||
* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/french.php Useful French Phrases - Omniglot] | |||
==Alphabet and Pronunciation== | ==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 - Wikipedia] | ||
* [https://omniglot.com/writing/sango.php Sango Alphabet and Pronunciation - Omniglot] | * [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== | ==Language Aids and Dictionaries== | ||
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'''Dictionary''' | '''Dictionary''' | ||
* William J | * 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''' | '''Online Dictionary''' | ||
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190322154848/http://joelandjes.com/sangolex/ English-French-Sango 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://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== | ==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== | ==References== | ||
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