Ngbaka languages

Ngbaka
Geographic
distribution		 Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
Linguistic classification Ubangian
  • Seri–Mba
    • Ngbaka–Mba
      • Ngbaka
Subdivisions
  • Eastern
  • Western
Glottolog ngba1292[1]

The dozen Ngbaka languages are a family of Ubangian languages spoken in the Central African Republic and neighboring areas. It includes Pygmy languages such as Baka and Gundi. The most populous Ngbaka languages are Mbaka in the western branch, spoken by a quarter million people, and Mayogo in the eastern branch, spoken by half that number.

Languages

Per Ethnologue 17, the structure of the family is as follows:

The varieties listed for each of the languages may not be mutually intelligible.

References

  1. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Ngbakaic". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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