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Banda, South Central

A language of Central African Republic

ISO 639-3: lnl

Population	150,000 in Central African Republic (1996). 55,000 Langba, 95,000 Ngbugu. Population total all countries: 153,000.
Region	Sibut, Mobaye, Alindao, Kembe, Mingala subprefectures. Also in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Language map	Central African Republic, reference number 8
Dialects	Langba (Lagba), Ngbugu (Ngbougou). May be intelligible with Langbashe [lna].
Classification	Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Banda, South Central
Writing system	Latin script.

Also spoken in:

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Language name	Banda, South Central
Population	3,000 in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Region	Equateur Province.
Dialects	Ngbugu (Ngubu, Ngbougou).
Language use	Some men are fluent in Lingala [lin] or Sango [sag]. Some also use Mono [mnh].
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: Low.
Comments	Fishermen.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

FRANK, Paul S.; OLSON, Kenneth S.; SIMONS, Gary F., authors. 2007. "Ngbugu digital wordlist: a test case for best practices in archiving and presenting language documentation."  

MBOMATE, Jacques Vermond; OLSON, Kenneth S., authors. 2007. "Ngbugu digital wordlist: presentation form."  

OLSON, Kenneth S., author. Available: 2010; Created: 2006. Ngbugu digital wordlist: archival form.

Vernacular Publications

Azeü deö mbëtï la ma ngbûgu: mändängö yê na ndö yângâ tî ngbûgu tî âzo sô ahînga mbètî. n.d.

Azeü päla teû azeû keû dje ndeü ma tro: volume 1 - Ndeüma tro la ma ngbûgu. n.d.

Azeü päla teû azeû keû dje ndeû ma tro: volume II - Ndeûma tro la ma ngbûgu la sängö. n.d.