Mbati language

{{Short description|Bantu language of Central African Republic}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Mbati

|nativename=

|states=Central African Republic

|ethnicity=

|speakers=60,000

|date=2010 census

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone C.10)

|fam6=Ngondi–Ngiri

|iso3=mdn

|glotto=mbat1248

|glottorefname=Mbati

|guthrie=C13

}}

Mbati, also known as Songo, is the principal Bantu language spoken in the Central African Republic, along the Ubangi River in the extreme south of the country.