Ngando language (Central African Republic)

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Ngando

|nativename=

|states=Central African Republic

|ethnicity=

|speakers=5,000

|date=1996

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone C.10)

|fam6=Ngondi–Ngiri

|dia1=Kota (Dikota)

|dia2=Ngando

|iso3=ngd

|glotto=ngan1304

|glottorefname=Ngando (Central African Republic)

|guthrie=C.102,103

}}

Ngando is a Bantu language spoken by about 5,000 people in the Central African Republic.

Maho (2009) lists Ngando proper and the Kota (Dikota) dialect as separate languages. Kota is not to be confused with the Kota language of Gabon (iKota) or the Kota language of Tamil Nadu, India (Kō mānt).