Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 nga
Ngbaka Language Ngbàkà
Ngbaka is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 1.0 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Ngbaka is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Ngbaka
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- North Volta-Congo
- Gbaya-Manza-Ngbaka
- Gbaya Oriental
- Gbanu-Manza-Ngbaka
- Manza-Ngbaka
- Ngbaka
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Ngbaka language
Ngbaka (Ngbàkà) is spoken by about 1.0 million people, which makes it the 476th most spoken language in the world — just behind Nepal Bhasa (1.0 million) and ahead of Nupe-Nupe-Tako (1.0 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Manza-Ngbaka group within the North Volta-Congo branch.
Where is Ngbaka spoken?
Ngbaka is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in DR Congo (1.0 million).
Ngbaka is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
Ngbaka is written in the Latin script. It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Mossi, Sango, Dagbani, Tagwana Senoufo, Cebaara Senoufo, Southern Dagaare and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 nga.
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.