| Banda | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution: |
Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan |
| Genetic classification: |
Niger-Congo (disputed) Ubangian Banda |
| Subdivisions: |
Central
South Central
Southern
Southwestern
West Central
|
| ISO 639-2 and 639-5: | bad |
Banda is a family of Ubangian languages spoken by the Banda people of Central Africa.
Languages
Olson (1996) classfies the Banda family as follows (The Ethnologue 15 employs this classification):
- Central Banda
- Central Core
- Banda-Bambari
- Banda-Banda
- Banda-Mbrès
- Banda-Ndélé
- Togbo-Vara Banda
- Mid-Southern: Mid-Southern Banda, Gobu, Kpagua, Mono, Ngundu
- Western: Banda-Yangere
- Central Core
- South Central
- Langbashe
- South Central Banda
- Southern: Mbandja
- Southwestern: Ngbundu
- West Central: West Central Banda
References
- Olson, Kenneth S. (1996) 'On the comparison and classification of Banda dialects'. Chicago Linguistic Society (CLS) 32(1). 267–283.
External links
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