Baka language (South Sudan)

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Baka language (South Sudan) is a lesser-known Central Sudanic language spoken by the Baka people in parts of South Sudan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Central Sudanic language
language
natural language
country South Sudan
ethnicity Baka people (South Sudan)
glottocode baka1272
hasAlternativeName Baka (Central Sudanic)
Baka (South Sudan)
Baka of South Sudan
hasSpeakers several thousand (approximate)
isEndangered true
isNot Baka language (Cameroon–Gabon)
iso6393Code bdh
languageFamily Central Sudanic
Nilo-Saharan
linguisticClassificationLevel Central Sudanic branch of Nilo-Saharan
macroArea Africa
neighboringLanguages Bai (Sudan)
linked to: Berti (Sudan)

Belanda Bor
Ndogo
region Wau area
linked to: Wau-Bulolo area

Western Bahr el Ghazal
linked to: Bahr el Ghazal
spokenBy Baka people (South Sudan)
spokenIn Central African Republic
South Sudan
status minority language
subclassOf Central Sudanic languages
Nilo-Saharan languages
usedFor daily communication within Baka communities
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bongo–Bagirmi languages hasMemberLanguage Baka language (South Sudan)
Moru language neighboringLanguages Baka language (South Sudan)
West Central Sudanic languages hasMember Baka language (Central Sudanic)
linked to: Baka language (South Sudan)
Bongo–Baka languages hasMemberLanguage Baka language (Central Sudanic)
linked to: Baka language (South Sudan)