Banda languages
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Not to be confused with Banda language (Maluku).
| Banda | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity: | Banda people |
| Geographic distribution: |
Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan |
| Linguistic classification: | Ubangian
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| Subdivisions: |
Central
South
Mbandja
Ngbundu
West
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| ISO 639-2 and 639-5: | bad |
Banda is a family of Ubangian languages spoken by the Banda people of Central Africa.
[edit] Languages
Olson (1996) classfies the Banda family as follows (Ethnologue 16 employs this classification):
- Central
- Central Banda (a dialect cluster, incl. Mono)
- Yangere
- South Banda (SC)
- Mbandja (S)
- Ngbundu (SW)
- West Banda (WC)
[edit] References
- Olson, Kenneth S. (1996) 'On the comparison and classification of Banda dialects'. Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS) 32(1). 267–283.
[edit] External links
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