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South Banda language

is a Banda language of the Ubangian language family spoken in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 2, 2024
Entity authorityQ36481 ↗
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South Banda is a dialect continuum of the Banda languages spoken by around 200,000 or so people, primarily in the Central African Republic but with ten thousand or so in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (6,000 as of the 1984 census). The two varieties may be mutually intelligible.

Phonology

Consonants

/ʁ/ is heard as a voiceless fricative [χ] when occurring after a voiceless consonant.

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The public source identifies “South Banda language” as is a Banda language of the Ubangian language family spoken in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around South, Banda and language.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with South, Banda and language providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “South Banda language” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.