Sango language
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- noun
- The Sango language is used by millions as a common means of communication in the Central African Republic.
Examples
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He learned the Sango language to work more effectively with local communities in Chad.
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Many people in the Central African Republic speak the Sango language.
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As a trade language, Sango language plays a vital role in uniting people of different ethnic groups.
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Do you know anyone who speaks Sango language?
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The Sango language is used by millions as a common means of communication in the Central African Republic.
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He learned the Sango language to work more effectively with local communities in Chad.
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As a trade language, Sango language plays a vital role in uniting people of different ethnic groups.
Synonyms
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A language used in the Central African Republic and parts of Chad for talking between people with different native languages
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositional: a proper name 'Sango' combined with the noun 'language' yields the language called Sango. If a B1 learner knows that 'Sango' refers to the lingua franca and understands 'language' as a spoken/written system, the overall meaning is immediately derivable; proper-name + language constructions are cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
Sango language may have grown from a simple way of speaking used by traders and boat people on the region's rivers, who needed an easy way to talk with many different groups. So today Sango means a 'trade language' or a common language that helps people from different groups understand each other.