Native speakers 120,000 (2000) | ||
Native to Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Southern Bantoid
Bantu (Zone C)
Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)
Bangi–Moi
Bangi Dialects Moi
Liku
Rebu
Derived creoles:
Lingala
Bangala ISO 639-3 Either:
bni – Bangi
mow – 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(Text) CC BY-SA