Banda languages

Olson (1996) classifies the Banda family as follows (Ethnologue 16 employs this classification):

• Central
  • Central Banda (a dialect cluster, incl. Mono)
  • Yangere
• South Banda (SC)
• Mbandja (S)
• Ngbundu (SW)
• West Banda (WC)

A comprehensive list of Banda languages and dialects listed in Moñino (1988) is provided as follows. All of them are spoken in the Central African Republic unless otherwise noted in parentheses, since some Banda languages and dialects are also spoken in the DR Congo and South Sudan.[1]

Banda

• Central (39 languages)
  • Yakpà (also in DR Congo), Gubú (also in DR Congo), Kpágùà (also in DR Congo), Ngùndù, Bòngò, Wasá (also in South Sudan), Dùkpù (also in South Sudan)
  • Lìndá, Jòtò, Ndòkpà, Ngápó
  • Southern Gbàgà, Nbìyì, Bèrèyà, Ngòlà, Ndi, Kâ, Gbambiya, Hàì, Galabò, Vídìrì (Mvédèrè) (also in South Sudan), Bàndà-Bàndà, Burú (only in South Sudan), Wùndù (only in South Sudan), Gòv̂òrò (only in South Sudan)
  • Bàndà-Ndele, Bàndà-Kpaya (only in South Sudan), Ngàò, Ngbalá, Tàngbàgò (also in South Sudan), Júnguru (also in South Sudan)
  • Mbere, Búkà, Mòrùbà, Sàbángà, Wádà (also in South Sudan)
  • Vàrà (also in South Sudan), Tògbò (also in South Sudan)
  • Yàngere
• Peripheral (11 languages)
  • West Central: Dákpá, Gbî, Northern Gbàgà, Wójò
  • South Central: Làngabàsi (or Làngbàsi[2]) (also in DR Congo), Ngbúgù, Làngbà
  • Central: Mbanza (also in DR Congo), Mbanja (only in DR Congo)
  • Southwestern: Ngbùndù (also in DR Congo), Kpala (only in DR Congo)

Banda-Ndélé groups are Govo, Ngàjà, Gbòngó, Mbàtá, Gbàyà, Tulu, and Dabùrù (Moñino 1988).