Where Northern Ngbandi is spoken
Northern Ngbandi is spoken in 2 countries: the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Northern Ngbandi has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.
How many people speak Northern Ngbandi?
Wikidata gives about 250,000 speakers (Ethnologue). These figures are approximate: they come from different sources, years and definitions of a speaker.
Status: Not endangered. Glottolog lists it as not endangered: it is still being passed on to children.
Where Northern Ngbandi sits in the language family tree
Glottolog classifies Northern Ngbandi as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- North Volta-Congo
- Cameroun-Ubangian
- Ubangi
- Ngbandi-Mongoba-Kazibati
- Ngbandic
- Nuclear Ngbandic
- Northern Ngbandi
Related languages
Other languages in the Nuclear Ngbandic group:
- Yakoma (110,000 speakers)
- Southern Ngbandi (105,000 speakers)
- Dendi (Central African Republic) (10,000 speakers)
- Mbangi (2,750 speakers)
More about Northern Ngbandi
Codes: ISO 639-3 ngb, Glottolog nort2774. Glottolog macroarea: Africa.
Questions about Northern Ngbandi
Where is Northern Ngbandi spoken?
Northern Ngbandi is spoken in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.
How many people speak Northern Ngbandi?
Wikidata gives about 250,000 speakers (Ethnologue). Speaker numbers are approximate and differ between sources: counting who is a speaker, and whether to include second-language speakers, is not settled.
Which language family is Northern Ngbandi in?
Glottolog places Northern Ngbandi in the Atlantic-Congo family, in the branch Volta-Congo, North Volta-Congo, Cameroun-Ubangian, Ubangi, Ngbandi-Mongoba-Kazibati, Ngbandic and Nuclear Ngbandic.