Zande | |
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Geographic distribution |
Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan |
Linguistic classification |
Niger–Congo
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Subdivisions |
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ISO 639-2 / 5 | |
Glottolog | zand1246 |
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.
Per Boyd (1988), the structure of the family is as follows:
Zande was once included among the Ubangian languages, but that is no longer tenable. It is not clear if it is a member of the Niger–Congo family, or where it might be in that family.