Bangi language

Bangi
Bobangi
Native to Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
120,000 (2000)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
bni  Bangi
mow  Moi
Glottolog bang1354  Bangi[2]
moic1236  Moi[3]
C.32[4]

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

  1. Bangi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Moi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bangi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Moi". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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