Ali language explained

Ali language should not be confused with Ali language (Papua New Guinea).

Ali
States:Central African Republic
Speakers:65,000
Date:1996
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Savannas
Fam4:Gbaya
Fam5:Eastern
Fam6:Gbanu–Ngbaka
Fam7:Manza
Lc1:aiy
Ld1:Ali
Lc2:ngg
Ld2:Ngbaka Manza
Glotto:ngba1286
Glottorefname:Ngbaka–Manza–Ali

Ali (’Àlī) is a Gbaya language of the southwestern Central African Republic. Ngbaka Manza is closer to ’Ali proper than it is to its namesakes Manza or Ngbaka, though all may be mutually intelligible to some extent.