Ngbaka Minagende language

Spoken in

Ubangische languages

• Gbaya languages east

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The Ngbaka, not to be confused with other languages ​​such as ' Ngbaka ' as Ngbaka Gbaya or Ngbaka Minangende, is a ubangische language that is spoken by a million people in the Congo.

It is a regionally important language and is used by the Gilima, Ngbundu, Mbandja and mono peoples. The language is also used in elementary schools as a language of instruction; However, only 10 percent can read and write Ngbaka. The status as a regional language assumes lately more and more French, the official language of the Congo.

There are no significant dialectal differences within the Ngbaka, and it is mutuel understandable to other members of the Gbaya dialect continuum.