Ngbakan.adj.
/(ə)ŋˈbɑːkə/, U.S. /(ə)ŋˈbɑkə/ A. n.
1. Any of several Niger–Congo languages which belong to the Ubangi branch of Adamawa-Ubangi and are spoken by two peoples inhabiting parts of the Central African Republic and adjacent areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Ngbandi1931
Zande1938
Ngbaka1939
1939 Africa 12 354 Ngbandi..Mbanza..Ngbaka... Ubangi languages, Belgian Congo.
1949 E. A. Nida Morphol. (ed. 2) iii. 63 In Ngbaka, spoken in the northeastern part of the Belgian Congo, there are four principal forms of every verb.
1956 A. N. Tucker & M. A. Bryan Non-Bantu Langs. North East Africa The dialects constituting this Cluster..are mostly known as MANJA or GBAYA. In the Belgian Congo the name NGBAKA (BWAKA, GBAKA, GWAKA, GMBWAGA) also occurs.
1983 Word 1982 33 231 In Ngbaka, mò ‘mouth’ + mòkònzì ‘chief’ means ‘the chief's mouth’.
1989 E. Burgess Introd. Lang. Learning (BNC) 60 Nida gives examples of languages where a difference in tone signals a grammatical contrast, e.g. a difference in tense, as in Ngbaka.
1992 Internat. Encycl. Linguistics III. 96/2 The larger Ubangi group..includes a number of important languages such as Banda, Ngbandi, Ngbaka, [etc.].
2003 M2 Newswire (Nexis) 17 Feb. A team of volunteers in war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo..teach in the local language, Ngbaka, through which they introduce Lingala, the national language, as well as French.
2. A member of either of two peoples inhabiting parts of the Central African Republic and adjacent areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; a speaker of Ngbaka.
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1964 Population Index 30 494/2 (title) The Ngbaka of Lobaye: rural depopulation in the case of a forest-dwelling people of the Central African Republic.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 276/1 The Ngbaka (or Bwaka) and the Ngbandi are the tribes of major artistic importance.
2000 Human Biol. (Nexis) 1 Oct. 753 The Ngbaka..appear genetically isolated, with loose, varied associations to the Pygmies and Bantu.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the Ngbaka or their languages.
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Negrish1735
Temne1791
Nupe1841
Efik1849
Kikongo1885
Dagbani1917
Ngbandi1931
Zande1938
Voltaic1949
Mandinka1953
Ngbaka1955
Edo1957
Loma1957
Mandekan1968
Manding1969
Malinke1970
Mende1972
1955 Man 55 65/1 Bosokuma's people are a small enclave of Ngombe..completely surrounded by Mbanza, Ngbaka, Ngbandi, and Togbo peoples.
1965 Language 41 347 A few short Ngbaka texts.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 276/1 There is no single Ngbaka sculptural style.
1995 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 3 Apr. 1 The organization has translated the New Testament into 400 languages, working with groups as diverse as Burarra speakers in Australia to Ngbaka speakers in Zaire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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