Geme language explained

Geme
Also Known As:Ngba Geme
States:Central African Republic
Speakers:550
Date:1996
Ref:e25
Dia1:Geme Tulu
Dia2:Geme Kulagbolu
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic-Congo
Fam3:Volta-Congo
Fam4:Adamawa–Ubangian
Fam5:Ubangian
Fam6:Zande languages
Fam7:Zande–Nzakara
Iso3:geq
Glotto:geme1244
Glottorefname:Geme

Geme is a Zande language spoken in two small villages of the Central African Republic.

Gɛ̀mɛ́ or Jɛ̀mɛ́ is spoken north of Ndélé in two villages that are 9 kilometers apart from each other, namely Aliou (350 people, known as the Gɛ̀mɛ́ Tulu) and Goz Amar II (50 people, known as the Gɛ̀mɛ́ Kúlágbòlù). Together, their common language is known as Ngba Gɛ̀mɛ́.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Moñino, Yves (1988). Lexique comparatif des langues oubanguiennes. Paris: Geuthner.