Dendi

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A language of Central African Republic

ISO 639-3
deq
Population

10,000 (1996).

Location

Mbomou Prefecture, Gambo-Ouango subprefecture.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Ngbandi
Dialects

High intelligibility of Yakoma [yky]. Ngbandi [ngb] and Mbangi [mgn] may be inherently intelligible of Dendi.

Language Use

High bilingualism in Sango [sag].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Dendi
Writing
Unwritten.
Other Comments

Different from Dendi [ddn] in Benin and Nigeria.