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Linguistic situation in the Central African Republic
Ethnologue listing of CAR languages
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The official language
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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 ...
are French and Sango. In total there are about 72 languages in the country.
In the CAR, French is the language of writing and formal situations. In 2018 it was estimated that 28.36% of the population could speak French.
Sango has about 350,000 native speakers. It has become the lingua franca of the country. It became a national language in 1963 and an official language (alongside French) in 1991. It is estimated that 92% of the CAR's population is able to speak Sango. The language has become the mother tongue of almost all children in Bangui.
Nearly all of the native languages of the CAR belong to the Ubangian languages. There are a few Bantu languages in the extreme south, along the border with Congo-Brazzaville, and several Bongo–Bagirmi languages
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in the north, near the border with Chad. In addition, there is a Maban
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language, Runga
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Education for the deaf in CAR uses American Sign Language, introduced by the deaf American missionary Andrew Foster.
See also
*Demographics of the Central African Republic
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*African French
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References
External links
Linguistic situation in the Central African Republic
Ethnologue listing of CAR languages
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