Banda-Banda

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A language of Central African Republic

ISO 639-3
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Population

102,000 in Central African Republic (1996).

Location

Haute-Kotto Prefecture, Bria (Bereya) and Yalinga (Vidiri) subprefectures; Mbomou Prefecture, Bakouma subprefecture; Kémo Prefecture, Sibut (Ka, Gbaga-South) and Dekoa subprefectures; Ombella-M’Poko Prefecture, Damara subprefecture; Ouaka Prefecture, Grimari (Mbi) subprefecture; Ouham Prefecture, Bossangoa (Gbambiya) subprefecture; Ouham-Pendé Prefecture, Bozoum, Bocarangoa, and Paoua (Hai) subprefectures. Also in South Sudan.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Banda, Central, Central Core, Banda-Banda
Dialects

Banda-Banda, Bereya (Banda de Bria, Banda of Bria, Bria), Buru, Gbaga-South (Gbaga 1), Gbambiya, Hai, Ka, Mbi (Mbiyi), Ndi (Ndri), Ngalabo, Ngola, Vidiri (Mvedere, Vadara, Vidri, Vodere). May be intelligible with Banda-Bambari [liy].

Language Use

Also use Sango [sag].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Banda-Banda
Writing
Unwritten.

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