GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

COUNTRY LANGUAGES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the official language of “Central African Republic"?
A
Malay
B
Sango
C
French
D
Spanish
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sango is the primary language spoken in the Central African Republic and also the official language of the country. French is also an official language. The Ngbandi language is also spoken.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mention should also be made of Sango, a creole language derived from Ngbandi (a Ubangi language) that is spoken by about five million people primarily in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sango is the official language of the Central African Republic, and is also native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Chad.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sango has about 350, 000 native speakers. It has become the lingua franca of the country.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sango is in origin a pidgin, created in the last two decades of the 19th century, when representatives of the Congo Free State (Etat Indépendant du Congo) and the French government took possession of the two sides of the Ubangi River.

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