Ngombe-Bangandu
Ngombe-Bangandu is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Cameroon and Congo - Brazzaville. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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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.
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.
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Words in Ngombe-Bangandu
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | wi* | |
| name | li* | |
| eye | gbali* | |
| ear | jala* | |
| nose | jo* | |
| tooth | 5i* | |
| tongue | dambe* | |
| hand | ba* | |
| blood | mbE* | |
| bone | gba* | |
| skin | koko* | |
| knee | jigolo* | |
| liver | sEa* | |
| water | lì | |
| fire | we* | |
| sun | soe* | |
| star | kesa* | |
| stone | diboko* | |
| mountain | Nadi* | |
| tree | te* | |
| leaf | sa* | |
| night | kitu* | |
| dog | to* | |
| fish | koyo* | |
| louse | njili* | |
| one | sikino* | |
| two | wEli* | |
| I | mi* | |
| you | mE* | |
| we | o* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Southwest GbayaAtlantic-Congo46% alike
- Gbaya-MbodomoAtlantic-Congo43% alike
- Ngbaka ManzaAtlantic-Congo39% alike
- BofiAtlantic-Congo39% alike
- AliAtlantic-Congo39% alike
- Ngbaka MinagendeAtlantic-Congo37% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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