Gundi

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A language of Central African Republic

ISO 639-3
gdi
Alternate Names
Ngondi, Ngundi
User Population

9,000 (1988 census).

Location

Mambéré-Kadéï prefecture: Gamboula subprefecture; Sangha-Mbaéré prefecture: Nola subprefecture, south and east of Nola.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Sere-Ngbaka-Mba, Ngbaka-Mba, Ngbaka, Western, Baka-Gundi
Dialects

None known. May be intelligible with Baka [bkc], Pande [bkj], and Lingala [lin].

Language Use

Many also use Sango [sag].

Language Development

Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Gundi
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Pygmies, not contacted by census takers. Distinct from Ngundi [ndn] of Congo and Central African Republic, which is Bantu.