Mangaya language explained

Mangaya
Nativename:Mangayat, Buga
States:South Sudan
Ethnicity:Mangaya (Bug)
Speakers:400
Date:1987
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Seri–Mba
Fam3:Sere
Fam4:Feroge–Mangaya
Iso3:myj
Glotto:mang1387
Glottorefname:Mangayat

Mangaya (Buga) is a Ubangian language of South Sudan. The endonym is Bug.

As of 2013, they reside in Sopo Payam, Raja County. Ethnic Buja (Buga) live in Sopo Boma, while ethnic Banda live in Mangayat Boma of Sopo Payam.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Village Assessment Survey. International Organization for Migration South Sudan. 2013.