4-552: Bobangi can refer to: Bobangi language , a precursor of the Lingala language Bobangui , a village in the Central African Republic Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Bobangi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
8-640: The 1890s. At the height of indigenous trade along the upper river, the Bobangi dominated the 500 kilometer section of the Congo between the Kwah River and the equator, which most river trade passed through. Other ethnic groups in this area were either assimilated into the Bobangi ethnic alliance, adopting the Bangi language, or were driven off. However, the Bobangi dominance over trade was ended by Europeans in
12-463: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bobangi&oldid=932729310 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bobangi language The Bangi language , or Bobangi , is a relative and main lexical source of Lingala spoken in central Africa . Dialects of
16-617: The language are spoken on both sides of the Ubangi and the Congo rivers. As the Bobangi people came to dominate the slave trade along the upper Congo River in the late 18th century, the Bangi language was used to facilitate trade between different ethnic groups in the region. Linguist John Whitehead claimed that the Moye, Likuba , Bonga, Mpama , Lusakani, and Bangala (peuple) [ fr ] peoples all used Bangi for intercommunication in
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