ISO 639-3 · sagsag
Niger–Congo family · creole or pidgin
Sango
Sängö
Sango is a creole or pidgin of the Ubangian branch (Niger–Congo), spoken in Central African Republic, Chad and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wikidata counts 599,000 first-language speakers (2017) and 4.6 m who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “Ngbandi-based creole of the Central African Republic”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sag- ISO 639-1
sg- Glottocode
sang1327- Family
- Niger–Congo
- EGIDS
- 1 National
- Centre point
- 8.00, 22.00
- Wikipedia
- 70 language editions
599,000first-language speakers
4.6 msecond-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
1EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Sango · Sängö |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sangho, sg, sag, Sango language |
| L1 speakers | 599,000 (2017) |
| L2 speakers | 4,600,000 (2017) |
| All speakers | 500,000 (2017) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Official in | Central African Republic |
| Kind | creole or pidgin |
Vitality
EGIDS 1 National1
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Niger–Congo to Sango
The branches above Sango, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Central African Republic
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