Atlantic-Congo · ISO 639-3 sag · sg
Sango Language Sängö
Sango is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken by about 4.6 million people in 1 country. It is an official language of Central African Republic. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Sango is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Sango
Language family
- Atlantic-Congo
- Volta-Congo
- North Volta-Congo
- Cameroun-Ubangian
- Ubangi
- Ngbandi-Mongoba-Kazibati
- Ngbandic
- Nuclear Ngbandic
- Sangoic
- Sango
Writing system
Latin script
Related languages
About the Sango language
Sango (Sängö) is spoken by about 4.6 million people, which makes it the 194th most spoken language in the world — just behind Huizhou Chinese (4.6 million) and ahead of Kirghiz (4.6 million). It belongs to the Atlantic-Congo language family and, more precisely, to the Sangoic group within the North Volta-Congo branch.
Where is Sango spoken?
Sango is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in Central African Republic (2.8 million).
Sango is an official language in 1 country: Central African Republic.
Writing system and status
Sango 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 Zande, Mossi, Dagbani, Tagwana Senoufo, Cebaara Senoufo, Southern Dagaare and 2 more.
ISO codes: ISO 639-1 sg, ISO 639-3 sag.
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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.