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Rangi  

Definition

  • Rangi or Langi is a Bantu language spoken by the Rangi people of Kondoa District in the Dodoma Region of Central Tanzania. Whilst the language is known as Rangi in English and Kirangi in the dominant Swahili spoken throughout the African Great Lakes, the self-referent term is Kilaangi. It is classified within the Volta-Congo primary branch. Like other Bantu languages, Rangi has a noun class system, a characteristic feature of languages belonging to the Atlantic–Congo lineage, the largest demonstrated language family in Africa.

Entry terms

  • Langi

Identifier

  • LAG

Notation

  • lag

In other languages

  • Kɨlaangi

    Langi

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/LAG

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