Ngbandi, Southern

NBW

vigorous

Alternate Names: Mbati, Mongbandi, Mongwandi, Ngbandi-Ngiri, Ngbandi-Sud, Ngwandi

Dialects: None known. Different enough from Northern Ngbandi , that separate literature is needed.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
North
Adamawa-Ubangi
Ubangi
Ngbandi

Demographics: 105000

Language Use: Positive attitudes. Also use Lingala [lin].

Language Development: NT: 1987.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Other Comments: Villages interspersed with Mbandja villages. Christian.