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Ngando language (Central African Republic)

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Ngando
Native toCentral African Republic
Native speakers
(5,000 cited 1996)[1]
Dialects
  • Kota (Dikota)
  • Ngando
Language codes
ISO 639-3ngd
Glottologngan1304
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

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  1. ^ Ngando at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online