| 释义 |
Sango|ˈsæŋgəʊ|
[Native name.]
An African language of the Adamawa-Eastern group of the Niger–Congo family, spec. that pidginized version of Sango spoken as a lingua franca in the Central African Republic and elsewhere in central Africa.
1948M. Guthrie Classification Bantu Lang. 74 Full classified list of the Bantu languages... Zone B... Group 10... B. 14 Cira, i-(Saŋgo). 1955, etc. [see Ngbandi]. 1967W. J. Samarin Gram. of Sango 17 Sango is a creolized language because it stands in somewhat the same relationship to vernacular Sango as Haitian Creole to French. 1971B. Mafeni in J. Spencer Eng. Lang. W. Afr. 112 Pidgin languages have been known to develop in circumstances where no master-servant relationship existed between the groups in contact. Pidgin Sango, spoken in the Central African Republic, is a good example. 1977C. F. & F. M. Voegelin Classification & Index World's Lang. 128 Sango,..a lingua franca..with many French and Bantu words. |