Kota language (Central African Republic)
Bantu language of the Central African Republic
Ngando | |
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Native to | Central African Republic |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 1996)[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ngd |
Glottolog | ngan1304 |
C.102,103 [2] |
Ngando is a Bantu language spoken by about 5,000 people in the Central African Republic.
Maho (2009) lists Ngando proper and the Kota (Dikota) dialect as separate languages. Kota is not to be confused with the Kota language of Gabon (iKota) or the Kota language of Tamil Nadu, India (Kō mānt).
References
- ^ Ngando at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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Note: The Guthrie classification is geographic and its groupings do not imply a relationship between the languages within them. |