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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Central African Republic > Banda-Banda

Banda-Banda

A language of Central African Republic

ISO 639-3bpd

Population  102,000 in Central African Republic (1996).
Region  Bria (Bereya), Yalinga (Vidiri), Bakouma, Sibut (Ka, Gbaga-South), Dekoa, Damara, Grimari (Mbi), Bossangoa (Gbambiya), Bozoum, Bocarangoa, Paoua (Hai) subprefectures. Also in Sudan.
Language map  Central African Republic, reference number 3
Dialects  Banda-Banda, Bereya (Bria, Banda of Bria, Banda de Bria), Buru, Gbaga-South (Gbaga 1), Gbambiya, Hai, Ka, Mbi (Mbiyi), Ndi (Ndri), Ngalabo, Ngola, Vidiri (Mvedere, Vodere, Vidri, Vadara). May be intelligible with Banda-Bambari [liy].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Banda, Central, Central Core, Banda-Banda
Language use  Also use Sango [sag].

Also spoken in:

Sudan

Language name   Banda-Banda
Region  South, Sopo near Central African Republic border. Refugees in Khartoum.
Language map  Sudan
Dialects  Govoro (Govhoroh), Vidiri (Mvedere, Vodere, Vidri, Vadara), Wundu.