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SangoLanguage
The SangoLanguage is a NgbandiBasedCreoleLanguage of the CentralAfricanRepublic. SIL code: SAJ. ISO 639-1: sg. ISO 639-2: sag. Population: 350,000 mother tongue speakers in CAR, including 24,573 Sango Riverain (1988 census). Population total all countries: 400,000 or more. Including second language speakers: 5,000,000 (1997 UBS). Region: Scattered. Not in Cameroon. Also spoken in Chad, Congo, DRC. Alternate names: SANGHO. Comments: 51% lexical similarity with French, 49% from African languages. However, the African-based words are used more frequently. Spoken and written for informal use, used for instruction in community schools, in public schools when students do not understand French, church and mission publications. More men than women speak it as second language. A rapidly spreading creole derived from Ngbandi. National language. SVO. Radio programs, TV. Bible 1966. Also spoken in: Chad. (Language name: SANGO.) Alternate names: SANGHO. Comments: A trade language derived from Ngbandi, with decreasing usage in Chad. Probably no mother tongue speakers in Chad. Trade language. Bible 1966. Also spoken in: Democratic Republic of Congo. (Language name: SANGO.) Population: Only a few in DRC. Alternate names: SANGHO. Comments: A rapidly spreading language derived from Ngbandi with loans from Bantu languages and French. Trade language. Bible 1966.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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InstancesContentBearingPhysicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 CreoleLanguageA CreoleLanguage is a PidginLanguage that has developed and become the mother tongue for a community of people. This process is called 'creolization' and results in an expanded vocabulary and grammar structure that allow for communication as rich and complex as that of non-creole languages. While pidgins are regarded as reduced languages, creoles are considered expanded languages. That is, while pidgins develop to enable communication in relatively isolated domains, creoles allow for a full range of expressive possibilities on a par with more 'recognized' languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 EntidadeThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 Linguagem HumanaThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 LinguagemA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 Expressao LinguisticaThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 NgbandiBasedCreoleLanguageA NgbandiBasedCreoleLanguage is a CreoleLanguage using a grammatical and core lexical foundation of the NgbandiLanguage.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 FisicoAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 SpokenHumanLanguageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
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