Sango people
 Sango people in Mobaye (French Congo). | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Unknown | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Languages | |
| Sango | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity |
The Sango people (or Basango, Bosango, Sangho, Sangos) are an ethnic group living on the banks of the Ubangi River in the Central African Republic. They speak a Northern Ngbandi-based creole language called Sango, which belongs to the Ubangian branch of the Niger-Congo family.
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Bibliography
- Pierre Kalck, "Sango", in Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic, Scarecrow Press, 2005 (3rd ed.), p. 174 ISBN 9780810849136; reported by Auguste Chevalier in Journal des africanistes, 1936, 6-2, pp. 238-239.
- Antonin-Marius Vergiat, Les rites secrets des primitifs de l'Oubangui, Payot, 1936, reissued at L'Harmattan, Paris, 1981, 210 p. ISBN 2-85802-205-4
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