Ngbandi, Northern
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Population | 250,000 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (2000 SIL). 75,000 monolinguals. Population total all countries: 250,290. |
| Region | Equateur Province, Mobaye and Yakoma territories, into Orientale Province, Bondo Territory. Also in Central African Republic. |
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Northern Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Alternate names | Baza, Mongwandi, Ngwandi |
| Dialects | 2 dialects, about equal in size. Sango [sag] is derived from Ngbandi. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Ngbandi |
| Language use | Vigorous. Some speakers of other languages use it for trade in border areas. All domains. Oral use in some churches. Oral literature. Positive attitude. 70% also use some Lingala [lin]. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 8%. 20,000 read; 5,000 can write. NT: 1988. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Ethnic groups: Abasango, Bwato, Mbaati, Nzomboy (Monjomboli). Agriculturalists. Christian. |
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