Mangayat
A language of Sudan
| Population | 400 (1987 SIL). |
| Region | South, West Bahr el Ghazal, Mangayat, 30 km southeast of Raga; some in Raga. |
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Sudan |
| Alternate names | Buga, Mangaya, Mongaiyat |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Sere-Ngbaka-Mba, Sere, Feroge-Mangaya |
| Language use | Many also use Gbaya [krs] (Kresh) or Sudanese Spoken Arabic [apd]. |
| Comments | They call themselves ‘Bug’. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
ARENSEN, Jonathan E., author. 1983. Sticks and Straw: Comparative House Forms in Southern Sudan and Northern Kenya.
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BILAL, Clement Murba Wau, author. 2004. "The Adamawa - Ubangi languages in Sudan."

