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GYG ISO 639-3

Gbayi

A language of Central African Republic

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Kpasiya
Population
5,000 (1996).
Location:
Basse-Kotto prefecture: north Mingala subprefecture; Haute-Kotto prefecture: Bria subprefecture; Mbomou prefecture: east bank, Kotto river, between Mbeti and Tchola Banar.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Ngbandi
Dialects
None known. Related to Ngbandi [ngb]. Ethnically Kpatili, but not intelligible with Kpatili [kym].
Language Use
At risk of being replaced by Banda (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007). Most also use Sango [sag].
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Gbayi
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].

Also Spoken in

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Location: Basse-Kotto prefecture: north Mingala subprefecture; Haute-Kotto prefecture: Bria subprefecture; Mbomou prefecture: east bank, Kotto river, between Mbeti and Tchola Banar.