Mbandja language

Mbandja
Mbandja
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic
Native speakers	(360,000 cited 2000)
Language family	Ubangian Banda Mbandja; ;
Dialects	Kala; Gbado;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zmz
Glottolog	mban1263

Mbandja (Banja, Mbanza) is the largest of the Banda languages. There are 350,000 speakers in DRC, 10,000 in the Republic of Congo, and an unknown number in CAR.

NativetoDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic

Native speakers

(360,000 cited 2000)^[1]

Language family

Ubangian

Banda
- Mbandja

Dialects

Kala
Gbado

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		Bilabial	Labio- dental	Dental/ Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
		Bilabial	Labio- dental	Dental/ Alveolar	Post- alveolar	Palatal	plain	lab.	Glottal
Nasal		m		n		ɲ	(ŋ)
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p		t	t͡ʃ		k	k͡p	ʔ
	voiced	b		d	d͡ʒ		ɡ	ɡ͡b
	prenasal	ᵐb		ⁿd	ⁿd͡ʒ		ᵑɡ	ᵑɡ͡b
	implosive	ɓ		ɗ
Fricative	voiceless		f	s	ʃ
	voiced	β	v	z	ʒ				ɦ
	prenasal			ⁿz
Rhotic				r
Lateral				l
Approximant						j		w

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e	ə	o
Mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open		a

	Front	Central	Back
Close	ĩ		ũ
Mid	ẽ		õ
Open		ã

Mbandja language

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