SAG ISO 639-3
Sango
Sango Autonym
A language of Central African Republic
- ISO 639
- sag
- Alternate Names
- Sangho
- Autonym
- Sango
- Population
- 5,100,000 in Central African Republic, all users. L1 users: 500,000 in Central African Republic (2017 SIL). L2 users: 4,600,000. Total users in all countries: 5,217,000 (as L1: 617,000; as L2: 4,600,000).
- Location:
- Widespread.
- Language Status
- 1 (National). Statutory national language (2004, Constitution, Article 18).
- Classification
- Creole, Ngbandi based
- Dialects
- None known. A rapidly spreading creole derived from Ngbandi [ngb]. Lexical similarity: 51% with French [fra], 49% with African languages. Many French loanwords used in everyday speech (2017 C. Mueller).
- Typology
- SVO.
- Language Use
- All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes.
- Language Development
- Radio. TV. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1992–2012.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Sango
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Nord-Ubangi province: extreme north border on Oubangui river.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. A rapidly spreading language derived from Ngbandi [ngb] with loans from Bantu languages and French [fra]. View other languages of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Language Name
Sango
User Population
Few in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Language Status
- Unestablished
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Congo
Language Name
Sango
User Population
117,000 in Congo (2018).
- Location
- Widespread in southern Chad.
- Language Status
- 3 (Wider communication)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Chad
Language Name
Sango
Map
Location: Widespread.
Size and Vitality
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