Mangayat

A language of South Sudan

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Buga, Mangaya, Mongaiyat

Population

400 (1987 SIL). No monolinguals.

Location

West Bahr el Ghazal State, Zakka, 30 km southeast of Raga on road to Sopo.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification

Language Use

Many also use Gbaya [krs] or Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd].

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten.

Other Comments

Ethnic autonym: Bug.