GBV ISO 639-3
Gbanu
Gbanu Autonym
A language of Central African Republic
- ISO 639
- gbv
- Alternate Names
- Banu, Gbanou
- Autonym
- Gbanu
- Population
- 95,000 (1996).
- Location:
- Lobaye prefecture: small Ombella-M’poko border areas north of Bodo town; Mambéré-Kadéï prefecture: Carnot subprefecture; Ombella-M’poko prefecture: Yaloke-Bossembélé subprefecture, north of Bogangolo; Ouham prefecture: Bossangoa subprefecture.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Gbaya-Manza-Ngbaka, Central
- Dialects
- Gbanu, Gbagiri (Bagili, Baguili, Gbagili), Budigri (Bidikili).
- Language Use
- All also use Sango [sag].
- Language Development
- Bible portions: 1932–1939.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Gbanu
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn], no longer in use.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Lobaye prefecture: small Ombella-M’poko border areas north of Bodo town; Mambéré-Kadéï prefecture: Carnot subprefecture; Ombella-M’poko prefecture: Yaloke-Bossembélé subprefecture, north of Bogangolo; Ouham prefecture: Bossangoa subprefecture.
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