Ali language

Gbaya language of the CAR
Ali
Native toCentral African Republic
Native speakers
(65,000 cited 1996)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Savannas
      • Gbaya
        • Eastern
          • Gbanu–Ngbaka
            • Manza
              • Ali
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
aiy – Ali
ngg – Ngbaka Manza
Glottologngba1286

Ali (’Àlī) is a Gbaya language of the southwestern Central African Republic. Ngbaka Manza is closer to ’Ali proper than it is to its namesakes Manza or Ngbaka, though all may be mutually intelligible to some extent.

References

  1. ^ Ali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Ngbaka Manza at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)


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