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Languages of Central African Republic

The Linguasphere Register records 9 entries for Central African Republic, spread across 4 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.

9Register entries
4Sectors present
8Zones
1Language entries

0= AFRICA 1= AFRO-ASIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN 9= TRANSAFRICAN

Register entries recorded in Central African Republic

CodeEntryLevelNote
03=SUDANICZoneCovers the "Central Sudanic" grouping (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis).
05=EAST-SAHELZoneCovers the "East-Sahel" reference area (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis).
12=SEMITICZoneCovers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental …
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
90-BAA-bFulfulde-EOuterpart of "fula", ful-be community, pul-lo person, in [19] Hausa: fulani, fulatanci, filanci, in [51] Français: peulh …
90=ATLANTICZoneCovers the "Atlantic" ("old West-Atlantic less Mel") reference area, within the "Transafrican" continental affinity.
92=ADAMAWICZoneCovers the "Adamawa" reference area within the "Volta-Congo" affinity, within the wider "Transafrican" continental …
93=UBANGICZoneCovers the "Ubangian" or "Eastern" grouping, part of the "Volta-Congo" affinity within the wider "Transafrican …
99=BANTUICZoneCovers the "broad Bantu", "narrow Bantu + Bantoid" or Isizulu + Tiv set (the central-southern section of "old …

Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.