Bobangi

E286637

Bobangi is a Bantu language historically spoken along the Congo River that served as a major regional trade lingua franca in Central Africa.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bobangi canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bantu language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
alternativeName Bobangi language ⓘ
Bobangi-Bangala ⓘ
linked to: Bangala
classification Bantu Zone C ⓘ
linked to: Bantu zone C
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Republic of the Congo ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bobangi people ⓘ
glottologCode boba1241 ⓘ
glottologName Bobangi ⓘ
guthrieCode C.32 ⓘ
hasDialects yes ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem yes ⓘ
historicalRegion Congo Free State ⓘ
Equateur region ⓘ
French Congo ⓘ
historicalStatus major regional lingua franca ⓘ
influenced Bangala (lingua franca) ⓘ
Lingala ⓘ
iso639-3Code bni ⓘ
languageBranch Niger-Congo languages ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu ⓘ
lexicalContributionTo Lingala vocabulary ⓘ
phonologicalFeature tone language ⓘ
primaryWordOrder SVO ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
Congo River basin ⓘ
linked to: Congo River
relatedTo Bangala ⓘ
Lingala ⓘ
Mongo languages ⓘ
role lingua franca ⓘ
trade language ⓘ
spokenAlong Congo River ⓘ
Ubangi River ⓘ
status endangered language ⓘ
moribund ⓘ
subgroup Bangala group ⓘ
timePeriodOfDecline early 20th century ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
use interethnic communication ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
usedBy European traders and missionaries (historically) ⓘ
traders on the Congo River ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lingala → developedFrom → Bobangi ⓘ
Bobangi → glottologName → Bobangi ⓘ
Bantu zone C → hasLanguage → Bobangi ⓘ