Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised May 29, 2026

Bango language

Bango, is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ethnologue suggests it may be a dialect of Budza, but Nurse & Philippson (2003) list it as one of the Bwa languages.

Last revised
May 29, 2026
Read time
≈ 1 min
Length
80 w
Citations
3
Source
Wikipedia ↗
Bango
Native toDR Congo
EthnicityBabango
Native speakers
(2,600 cited 2000)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3bbm
Glottologbaba1263
C.4412

Bango (Mobango, Babango), is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ethnologue suggests it may be a dialect of Budza, but Nurse & Philippson (2003)3 list it as one of the Bwa languages.

References

References

  1. Bango at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Nurse, Derek; Philippson, Gérard, eds. (2003). The Bantu languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780700711345.