Nzakara language

Zande language of Central Africa
Nzakara
Native toCentral African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
(50,000 in CAR cited 1996)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3nzk
Glottolognzak1247

Nzakara (Ansakara, N’sakara, Sakara, Zakara) is a Zande language spoken in eastern Central African Republic, spilling over into the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It may be intelligible with Zande proper, at least for some speakers.

Writing system

Nzakara alphabet[2]
a b d e f g gb i ɨ k kp l m mb mv n nd ng ngb ny nz o p s t u ʉ v w y z

References

  1. ^ Nzakara at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "La phonologie et l'orthographe de la langue Nzakara". SIL International. 15 September 2022.
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