Sango language

Spoken in

• Niger - Congo languages Adamawa - Ubangi languages Ubangi languages Sango

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Sango (also Sangho, proper name Sängö ) since 1963, the national language, and since 1991 the official language of the Central African Republic.

She has particularly emerged in the 19th century on the basis of Ngbandi and later developed into a lingua franca. They are still strong linguistic changes today. In the mid-20th century there was a Latin -based Verschriftung. In 2005 talked about 5 million people Sango as a lingua franca and a very fast growing number as their mother tongue. It is estimated hundreds of thousands of native speakers.

Whether it is a creole when Sango is scientifically controversial. Charles Henry Morrill disagreed with this thesis in 1998, " Language, Culture, and Society in the Central African Republic: The Emergence and Development of Sango ". According to his analysis Sango does not meet all criteria of a Creole language and is therefore for him ' just' a vehikularisierte ( serving as a lingua franca ) Vernakulärsprache. According to his analysis Sango did not arise as Pidgin, but a direct successor of Ngbandi.