West Banda language

"Gbi language" redirects here. For the Kru language, see Gbii language.

West Banda
Golo
Native to	Central African Republic, South Sudan
Native speakers	(7,500 cited 1982–1996)^[1]
Language family	Ubangian Banda West Banda
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bbp`
Glottolog	`west2458`^[2]

West Banda is a minor Banda language, spoken by 10,000 or so people.. Dialects: Dakpa, Gbaga-Nord (Gbaga-2), Gbi, Vita, Wojo (Hodjo).

References

↑ West Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "West Central Banda". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

Languages of South Sudan

Official language	English

Indigenous languages	Acholi Aja Avokaya Baale Bai Baka Bari Belanda Viri Beli Bongo Daasanach Didinga Dinka Dongotono Homa Indri Juba Arabic Jur Jur Modo Kaligi Kresh Kuku Lango Lokoya Lopit Lotuko Mangaya Moru Murle Naka Narim Ndogo Nuer Olu’bo Opuo Shilluk Suri Togoyo Toposa West Banda Zande

Ubangian languages

Banda	Central Banda Mbandja Mono Ngbundu South Banda West Banda Yangere

Sere	Bai Belanda Viri Feroge Indri Mangayat Ndogo Sere Tagbu Togoyo

Ngbaka	Bangba Baka Gbanzili Mayogo Mbaka Monzombo Mündü Ngombe

Mba	Dongo Ma Mba Ndunga

Others	Ngbandi Sango

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