Zande languages

The Zande languages are half a dozen closely related languages of the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. The most populous language is Zande proper, with over a million speakers.

Zande
Geographic
distribution		Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan
Linguistic classificationNiger–Congo?
Subdivisions
  • Barambo–Pambia
  • Zande–Nzakara
ISO 639-2 / 5znd
Glottologzand1246

Languages

Per Boyd (1988), the structure of the family is as follows:[1]

Classification

Zande is traditionally included among the Ubangian languages, although Moñino (2010) does not group it within Ubangian.[2] It is not clear if it is a member of the Niger–Congo family, or where it might be in that family.

References
  1. Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Zandic". Glottolog 4.3.
  2. Moñino Y., The position of Gbaya-Manza-Ngbaka group among the Niger-Congo languages // Genealogical classification in Africa beyond Greenberg. - Berlin: Humboldt Universität, 2010 February 21–22
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