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Bangi language

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Bangi
Bobangi
Native toRepublic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
120,000 (2000)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bni – Bangi
mow – Moi
Glottologbang1354  Bangi
moic1236  Moi
C.32[2]

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.

Sources and references

References

  1. ^ Bangi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Moi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online