Bangandu language

Not to be confused with Ngombe language (Bantu).
Bangandu
Ngombe
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
(2,700 Bangandu cited 1977)[1]
12,000 Ngombe (2010 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
bgf – Bangandu
nmj – Nombe
Glottologbang1347  Ngombe-Bangandu
ngom1265  (extensive bibliography)
ELP

Bangando and Ngombe constitute a Gbaya language of Cameroon and CAR.

There are two populations: Bangando proper (Bàngàndò), in Cameroon, and Ngombe (Ba(n)gando-Ngombe, Ngombe-Kaka) clustered around Mambéré-Kadéï Prefecture across the border in the Central African Republic. There are several populations called Ngombe, and it is not clear to which the spurious ISO code for Ngombe belongs.[2] On a global scale, Bangando is considered to be a threatened language with approximately anywhere between 2,700-3,500 speakers. Language status levels can be derived from the Ethnologue Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale.[3]

  1. ^ a b Bangandu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Nombe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  3. ^ Language Status