Ngbandi language

Ngbandi
Ngbandi
Ngbandi–Mongoba–Kazibati
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region	Équateur Province
Ethnicity	Ngbandi, Yakoma
Native speakers	Northern Ngbandi: 250,000 (2000); Southern Ngbandi: 110,000
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo? Savanna? Ubangian Ngbandi; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; ngb – Northern Ngbandi; nbw – Southern Ngbandi; yky – Yakoma; deq – Dendi; mgn – Mbangi; gyg – Gbayi
Glottolog	ngba1290
ELP	Gbayi

The Ngbandi language is a dialect continuum of the Ubangian family spoken by a half-million or so people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Ngbandi proper) and in the Central African Republic (Yakoma and others). It is primarily spoken by the Ngbandi people, which included the dictator of what was then known as Zaire, Mobutu Sese Seko.