Sango

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Sango is a Central African lingua franca and national language of the Central African Republic, originating as a Ngbandi-based trade language.

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Label Occurrences
Sango canonical 21

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf creole language ⓘ
language ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
national language ⓘ
basedOn Ngbandi language ⓘ
country Central African Republic ⓘ
developedDuring late 19th century ⓘ
developedFrom Northern Ngbandi ⓘ
linked to: Ngbandi language
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers millions ⓘ
hasLanguageRegulator Académie centrafricaine ⓘ
hasLoanwordsFrom Arabic ⓘ
Bantu languages ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone language ⓘ
hasStandardForm Standard Sango ⓘ
linked to: Sango language
hasStatus lingua franca of the Central African Republic ⓘ
national language of the Central African Republic ⓘ
hasVariety rural Sango ⓘ
spoken Sango ⓘ
urban Sango ⓘ
hasWordOrder SVO ⓘ
ISO639-1Code sg ⓘ
ISO639-2Code sag ⓘ
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages ⓘ
Ubangian languages ⓘ
nativeName Sängö ⓘ
officialLanguageOf Central African Republic ⓘ
originatedAs trade language ⓘ
primaryFunction interethnic communication ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
spokenIn Central African Republic ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
subclassOf Ubangian language ⓘ
typology analytic language ⓘ
usedAsLinguaFrancaIn river trade along the Ubangi River ⓘ
urban areas of the Central African Republic ⓘ
usedAsSecondLanguageBy majority of the population of the Central African Republic ⓘ
usedInDomain administration ⓘ
education ⓘ
media ⓘ
religion ⓘ
usesAlphabet Sango alphabet ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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