Sango (also spelled Sangho ) is the primary language spoken in the Central Africa especially the Central African Republic , southern- Chad and Democratic Republic of the Congo . This language is co- official language in Central African Republic It is used as a lingua franca across the country and had 450,000 native speakers in 1988. It also has 1.6 million second language speakers.
22-471: [REDACTED] Look up Sg or .sg in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. SG , Sg or sg may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Music [ edit ] "SG" (song) , a 2021 song by DJ Snake, Ozuna, Lisa, and Megan Thee Stallion Gibson SG , an electric guitar manufactured by Gibson Guitar Corporation SG Wannabe ,
44-499: A Ngbandi -based creole; however, others (like Marcel Diki-Kidiri, Charles H. Morrill) reject that classification and say that changes in Sango structures (both internally and externally) can be explained quite well without a creolization process. According to the creolization hypothesis, Sango is exceptional in that it is an African- rather than European-based creole. Although French has contributed numerous loanwords, Sango's structure
66-435: A South Korean music group Selena Gomez , an American singer, actress, producer and businesswoman Other media [ edit ] Spy Groove , an American animated television series stylized on screen and in promotional materials as SG Stargate , a Canadian-American military science fiction media franchise running from 1994, 1997–2011 SuicideGirls , a softcore pornographic website Steins;Gate (S;G),
88-473: A canton in Switzerland Science and technology [ edit ] .sg , the top-level domain of Singapore Samsung Galaxy , series of mobile computing devices Seaborgium , symbol Sg, a chemical element Sega Genesis , a game console SG-43 Goryunov , Stankovyi Goryunova Model 1943, a Soviet medium machine gun Specific gravity (symbol SG), another name for Relative density :
110-479: A creolization process. It has many French loanwords, but its structure remains wholly Ngbandi. Sango was used as a lingua franca for trade along the Ubangi River before French colonisation in the late 1800s and has since expanded as an interethnic communication language. In colloquial speech, almost all of the language's vocabulary is Ngbandi based, whereas in more technical speech French loanwords constitute
132-561: A lingua franca based on the Northern Ngbandi dialect of the Sango tribe, part of the Ngbandi language cluster , with some French influence. The rapid growth of the city of Bangui since the 1960s has had significant implications for the development of Sango, with the creation, for the first time, of a population of first-language speakers. Whereas rural immigrants to the city spoke many different languages and used Sango only as
154-530: A lingua franca, their children use Sango as their main (and sometimes only) language. That has led to a rapid expansion of the lexicon, including both formal and slang terms. Also, its new position as the everyday language of the capital city has led to Sango gaining greater status and being used increasingly in fields for which it was previously the norm to use French. Sango is widespread in the Central African Republic, with 350,000 speakers at
176-532: A private school in Bangkok, Thailand Scots Guards , a British Army Regiment Société Générale , a European financial services company Special Group (India) , a confidential special forces unit of India SpiceJet (IATA airline code SG, since 2005) Straż Graniczna , a Polish border guard formation System Group , an Iranian software development company Places [ edit ] Singapore (ISO 3166-1 country code SG) Canton of St. Gallen ,
198-591: A science fiction visual novel game developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus Sabado Gigante , a Spanish-language weekly variety show with Don Francisco airing from 1962-2015 Businesses and organizations [ edit ] sweetgreen , an American restaurant chain, ticker symbol SG. SG Automotive , a Chinese vehicle and component manufacturer SG (cigarette) , a Portuguese cigarette brand produced by Tabaqueira, an Altria subsidiary Sempati Air (IATA airline code SG, from 1968 to 1998) Jetsgo (IATA airline code SG, from 2001 to 2005) Saint Gabriel's College ,
220-479: Is a tonal language. The language has three basic tones (high, mid, and low), with contour tones also occurring, generally in French loanwords. Tones have a low functional load , but minimal pairs exist: dü 'give birth' versus dû 'hole'. Monosyllabic loan words from French usually have the tone pattern high-low falling ( bâan 'bench' from French banc ). In multisyllabic words all syllables carry low tone except
242-483: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sg">Sg The requested page title contains unsupported characters : ">". Return to Main Page . Sango language Sango is a language with contested classification, with some linguists considering it a Ngbandi -based creole , while others argue that the changes in Sango structures can be explained without
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#1732773293411264-404: Is wholly African. A variety of Sango was used as a lingua franca along the Ubangi River before French colonization, in the late 1800s. The French army recruited Central Africans, causing them to increasingly use Sango as a means of interethnic communication. Throughout the 20th century, missionaries promoted Sango because of its wide usage. Originally used by river traders, Sango arose as
286-744: The 1970 census. It is also spoken as a lingua franca in southern Chad, where it is probably not spoken natively and its use is decreasing, and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where its use is increasing. Today, Sango is both a national and official language of the Central African Republic, which makes the Central African Republic one of the few African countries to have an indigenous language as an official language. A study by Taber (1964) indicates that some 490 native Sango words account for about 90% of colloquial speech; however, while French loanwords are much more rarely used, they account for
308-427: The Sango language: an urban "radio" variety which is ranked by 80% of his interviewees and has very few French loan words; a so-called "pastor" variety, which is scored 60%; and a "functionary" variety, spoken by learned people, who make the highest use of French loanwords while speaking Sango, which scores 40%. Sango has seven oral and five nasal vowels. Vowel quality and number of nasalized vowels may be affected by
330-584: The context of buckshot size Star of Gallantry , an Australian gallantry decoration St. Gall Priscian Glosses , a set of Old Irish and Latin glosses Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SG . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SG&oldid=1234448556 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
352-535: The final syllable, which is lengthened and takes a descending tone. The final tone is generally mid-low falling for nouns ( ananäa 'pineapple' from French ananas ) and high-low falling for verbs ( aretêe 'to stop' from French arrêter ). In isolation, tones have idiolectal variation, and they may also be affected by the mother language of non-native speakers. Sango is an isolating language with subject–verb–object word order, as in English. Noun phrases are of
374-418: The form determiner-adjective-noun: mbênï INDEF kêtê small môlengê child mbênï kêtê môlengê INDEF small child "a small child" Plurals are marked with the proclitic â- , which precedes noun phrases: â-mbênï PL - INDEF kêtê small môlengê child â-mbênï kêtê môlengê PL-INDEF small child "some small children" â- may be attached to multiple items in
396-481: The highest use of French loanwords. Sango is a tonal language with subject-verb-object word order, and its orthography was officially established in 1984. It has limited written material, mainly focused on religious literature. Sango is considered easy to learn, although reaching true fluency takes time, as with any other language. The main difficulties for English speakers are pronunciation and tone management. Some linguists, following William J. Samarin, classify it as
418-521: The majority of the vocabulary, particularly in the speech of learned people. The situation might be compared to English, in which most of the vocabulary, particularly "learned" words, is derived from Latin , Greek , or French while the basic vocabulary remains strongly Germanic . However, more recent studies suggest that the result is specific to a particular sociolect, the so-called "functionary" variety. Morrill's work, completed in 1997, revealed that there were three sociologically distinct norms emerging in
440-404: The majority. Today, Sango is both a national and official language of the Central African Republic, spoken by 350,000 speakers as of the 1970 census. It is also spoken as a lingua franca in southern Chad and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Sango has three distinct sociolinguistic norms: an urban "radio" variety, a "pastor" variety, and a "functionary" variety spoken by learned people who make
462-765: The mother tongue of non-native speakers of Sango. Palatal affricates occur in loan words and certain dialects. Some dialects have alternations between [ᶬv] and [m], [ᵐb] and [ᵑ͡ᵐg͡b], [ᵐb] and [b], word-medial [l] and [r], and word-initial [h] and [ʔ]. [ᶬv] is quite rare. Syllable structure is generally CV. Consecutive vowels are rare but do occur. Consonants may be palatalized or labialized, orthographically C ⟨i⟩ and C ⟨u⟩ , respectively. Words are generally monosyllabic or bisyllabic but less commonly are trisyllabic. Four-syllable words are created via reduplication and compounding, and may also be written as two words ( kêtêkêtê or kêtê kêtê 'tiny bit', walikundû or wa likundû 'sorcerer'). Sango
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