Geme is a
Zande language
Zande is the largest of the Zande languages. It is spoken by the Azande, primarily in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western South Sudan, but also in the eastern part of the Central African Republic. It is called Pazan ...
spoken in two small villages of the
Central African Republic
The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...
.
Gɛ̀mɛ́ or Jɛ̀mɛ́ is spoken north of
Ndélé in two villages that are 9 kilometers apart from each other, namely Aliou (350 people, known as the ''Gɛ̀mɛ́ Tulu'') and Goz Amar II (50 people, known as the ''Gɛ̀mɛ́ Kúlágbòlù''). Together, their common language is known as ''Ngba Gɛ̀mɛ́''.
[Moñino, Yves (1988). ''Lexique comparatif des langues oubanguiennes''. Paris: Geuthner.]
References
Languages of the Central African Republic
Zande languages
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