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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Democratic Republic of the Congo > Banda, Togbo-Vara

Banda, Togbo-Vara

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3: tor

Population  12,000 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (1984 census). Population total all countries: 24,000.
Region  Equateur Province, Nord Ubangi, Bosobolo Territory, Badja and Baya town areas, Vongba II and Bandema village areas, on the road as far as Gwara II, and scattered nearby. Also in Central African Republic, Sudan.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Dialects  Togbo (Tohgboh, Tagbo).
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Banda, Central, Central Core, Togbo-Vara
Language use  Also use Mono [mnh], but they view themselves as very different from Mono. Many men, especially young men, also speak Lingala [lin] or Sango [sag].
Language development  Literacy rate in L2: Low in Lingala and not increasing.
Comments  Different from Tagbu [tbm] of Democratic Republic of the Congo in Sere group.

Also spoken in:

Central African Republic

Language name   Banda, Togbo-Vara
Population  12,000 in Central African Republic (1996).
Region  Bria (Togbo) and Bambari (Vara) subprefectures.
Language map  Central African Republic, reference number 9
Dialects  Togbo (Tohgboh, Tagbo, Tagbwali), Vara (Vora, Vera).
Language use  Also use Sango [sag].
Comments  Distinct from Tagbu [tbm] (Tagbo, Tagba) of Democratic Republic of the Congo in Sere group. They view themselves as very different from Mono [mnh].
 

Sudan

Language name   Banda, Togbo-Vara
Region  South.
Language map  Sudan
Dialects  Togbo (Tohgboh, Tagbo).
Language use  View themselves as very different from Mono [mnh].
Comments  Different from Tagbu [tbm] (Tagbo, Tagba) of Democratic Republic of the Congo in Sere group. Not intelligible with other Banda languages or dialects in Sudan.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BUCHANAN, Michael, author. 2012. Rapport d’enquête sociolinguistique: Première évaluation parmi les Togbo.