| Central Banda | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan |
| Native speakers | 480,000 in CAR (1996), 96,000 in DRC (1984 census) unknown number in South Sudan |
| Language family | |
| 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 |
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.