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Language code: bad

Technical information about ISO 639 language code bad

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The table below provides technical details for the Banda languages language, designated by the bad code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

bad

Name

Banda languages

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
West Central BandaCentral BandaSouth BandaTogbo-Vara BandaBanda-NgbunduBanda-Mundu
Related languages
SangoNgbandiGbayaZandeNgbaka
Key facts
Ubangian language cluster with roughly 1.5 million speakersUses a three-level tonal system that distinguishes meaningHunters traditionally employ a whistled register of Banda for silent forest communicationOral epics sung to the eight-string bow-harp preserve archaic vocabularyShows residual noun-class markers linking it historically to broader Niger-Congo patterns
Sample phrase

Nzóni, mó ā wà?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Banda languages language, identified by the code bad, falls under the 'Collective' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Genetic' by its type.

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