Bangi language

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Not to be confused with the Bangime language of Mali.

Bangi
Bobangi
Native to	Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers	120,000 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Southern Bantoid Bantu (Zone C) Bangi–Ntomba (C.30) Bangi–Moi Bangi
Dialects	Moi Liku Rebu Derived creoles: Lingala Bangala
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `bni` – Bangi `mow` – Moi
Guthrie code	`C.32`^[2]

The Bangi language, or Bobangi, is a relative and main lexical source of the Lingala language spoken in central Africa. Dialects of the language are spoken on both sides of the Ubangi and Congo Rivers.

Sources and references

References

↑ Bangi reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Moi reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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