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Bangi language

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Native speakers
  
120,000 (2000)

Native to
  
Language family
  
Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoSouthern BantoidBantu (Zone C)Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)Bangi–MoiBangi

Dialects
  
MoiLikuRebu   Derived creoles:LingalaBangala

ISO 639-3
  
Either:bni – Bangimow – Moi

Glottolog
  
bang1354  (Bangi)moic1236  (Moi)

The Bangi language, or Bobangi, is a relative and main lexical source of the Lingala language spoken in central Africa. Dialects of the language are spoken on both sides of the Ubangi and Congo Rivers.

References

Bangi language Wikipedia


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