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Ngambay

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3: sba

Population	896,000 in Chad (2006).
Region	Logone Occidental region; Logone Oriental region, Lanya Department (Bébedjia), La Nya Pendé Department, Goré Subprefecture; Mayo-Kebbi Ouest region, Mayo-Dallah Department. Centered in Moundou area. Also in Cameroon, Nigeria.
Language map	Southwestern Chad, reference number 107
Alternate names	Gamba, Gambaye, Gamblai, Ngambai, Sara, Sara Ngambai
Dialects	Lara, Benoye, Murum (Mouroum), Kere, Bemar (Daba de Goré). Dialects reportedly completely mutually intelligible Laka [lap] is considered by some a dialect of Ngambay.
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, West, Bongo-Bagirmi, Sara-Bagirmi, Sara, Sara Proper
Language use	Trade language. Largest language of the Sara-Bagirmi group.
Language development	Bible: 1993.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion, Christian, Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Cameroon

Language name	Ngambay
Region	North Province, along the route to Garoua, Mayo-Rey Division, Rey-Bouba Subdivision, near the Chad border east of Tchollire; Benoue Division, in Garoua.
Language map	Northern Cameroon, reference number 84
Alternate names	Gamb-Lai, Gamba, Gambai, Gambaye, Ngambai, Sara, Sara Ngambai

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MBANJI, Bawe Ernest, illustrator; GFELLER, Elisabeth, editor. 1990. Multilingual Cameroon: Reader in Cameroonian languages = Cameroun multilingue: Lectures en langues camerounaises .

THAYER, James Edward, author. 1978. The deep structure of the sentence in Sara-Ngambay dialogues, including a description of phrase, clause, and paragraph.  

Vernacular Publications

Reou kar kuma ndeng = Diarrhée: comment la traiter à la maison . 1993.