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Bobangi can
refer to:
Bobangi language, a
precursor of the
Lingala language Bobangui, a
village in the
Central African Republic This
disambiguation page...
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language of the river", or "
Bobangi-pidgin",
among other names. In 1884,
Europeans introduced this
restructured variety of
Bobangi in the
state post Bangala...
- The
Bangi language, or
Bobangi, is a
relative and main
lexical source of
Lingala spoken in
central Africa.
Dialects of the
language are
spoken on both...
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tribe is that of the
Banunu people, who
originate from
upriver and
whose Bobangi language was the
former trade language for the area. Lingala, one of the...
- Mondele, or mundelé, (pl. mindele) is a
Bobangi term
meaning "white" (white man, not the color, mpembe) European-style person,
person with
light skin...
- dramatically, and the
regional slave trade grew,
dominated by
Bobangi traders. The
Bobangi also
purchased many
slaves with
profits from
selling ivory, whom...
- Bang****ou
Kingdom along the
Ubangi River. In the mid 19th century, the
Bobangi people became major slave traders and sold
their captives to the Americas...
- de
Boeck 1948;
Motingea Mangulu 1996 C30: Bangi-Ntomba C32 bni
Bangi (
Bobangi, Bubangi, Lobobangi)
Whitehead 1899 C30: Bangi-Ntomba C32 (= C38) mow Moi...
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Ubangi River (French: Oubangui); the
Ubangi itself was
named from the
Bobangi word for the "rapids"
located beside the settlement,
which marked the end...
- need of a
common language for the region,
adopted a
simplified form of
Bobangi, the
language of the
Bangala people,
which became Lingala.
Spoken Lingala...
