Sango people

For other uses, see Sango (disambiguation).

Sango

Sango people in Mobaye (French Congo).
Total population
Unknown
Regions with significant populations
Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Languages
Sango
Religion
Christianity

The Sango people (or Basango, Bosango, Sangho, Sangos) are an ethnic group living on the banks of the Ubangi River in the Central African Republic. They speak a Northern Ngbandi-based creole language called Sango, which belongs to the Ubangian branch of the Niger-Congo family.

See also

• List of ethnic groups of Africa

Bibliography

• Central African Republic portal
• Democratic Republic of the Congo portal

• Pierre Kalck, "Sango", in Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic, Scarecrow Press, 2005 (3rd ed.), p. 174 ISBN   9780810849136; reported by Auguste Chevalier in Journal des africanistes , 1936, 6-2, pp. 238-239.
• Antonin-Marius Vergiat, Les rites secrets des primitifs de l'Oubangui, Payot, 1936, reissued at L'Harmattan, Paris, 1981, 210 p. ISBN   2-85802-205-4