Ethnologue

Kpatili

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Kpatere, Kpatiri, Ngindere

Population

4,500 (1996).

Location

Basse-Kotto prefecture: south Mingala subprefecture; Mbomou prefecture: Bakouma subprefecture.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

None known. Not intelligible with Gbayi [gyg], who are ethnically Kpatili.

Language Use

Most also use Sango [sag]. Also use Nzakara [nzk] (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007).

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].