Zande languages

Zande
Zande
Geographic; distribution	Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? ? Zande; ;
Subdivisions	Barambo–Pambia; Zande–Nzakara;
Language codes
ISO 639-2 / 5	znd
Glottolog	zand1246

The Zande languages are half a dozen closely related languages of the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. The most populous language is Zande proper, with over a million speakers.

Languages

Per Boyd (1988), the structure of the family is as follows:^[1]

Barambo–Pambia: Barambu, Pambia, Ngala of Santandrea
Zande–Nzakara: Geme, Nzakara, Zande

Classification

Zande was once included among the Ubangian languages, but that is no longer tenable.^[2] It is not clear if it is a member of the Niger–Congo family, or where it might be in that family.

References

^ Cite error: The named reference Glottolog was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Moñino Y., The position of Gbaya-Manza-Ngbaka group among the Niger-Congo languages // Genealogical classification in Africa beyond Greenberg. - Berlin: Humboldt Universität, 2010 February 21–22

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[2] Moñino Y., The position of Gbaya-Manza-Ngbaka group among the Niger-Congo languages // Genealogical classification in Africa beyond Greenberg. - Berlin: Humboldt Universität, 2010 February 21–22

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