Banda, Togbo-Vara

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

Location

Nord-Ubangi province: Bosobolo territory, Badja and Baya towns, Bandema and Vongba II village areas to Gwara II.

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Central African Republic

Language NameBanda, Togbo-Vara

User Population

12,000 in Central African Republic (1996).

Location

Haute-Kotto prefecture: Bria subprefecture; Ouaka prefecture: Bambari subprefecture.

Dialects

Togbo (Tagbo, Tagbwali, Tohgboh), Vara (Vera, Vora).

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Language Use

Most also use Sango [sag].

Other Comments

Distinct from Tagbu [tbm] (Tagbo, Tagba) of Democratic Republic of the Congo in Sere group. They view themselves as very different from Mono [mnh].

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South Sudan

Language NameBanda, Togbo-Vara

User Population

5,000 speakers in South Sudan of all Banda languages (2014 SIL).

Location

Western Bahr al Ghazal state: Raga county, southeast of Sopo town.

Dialects

Togbo (Tagbo, Tohgboh).

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. View themselves as very different from Mono [mnh]. Different from Tagbu [tbm] (Tagbo, Tagba) of Democratic Republic of the Congo in Sere group. Not intelligible of other Banda languages or dialects in South Sudan.

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Banda, Togbo-Vara

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