The Mbaka or Bwaka language, ''Ngbaka Ma'bo'' (also called ''Gbaka, Ma'bo, Ngbwaka, Ngbaka Limba'') is a major

Ubangian language The Ubangian languages form a diverse linkage of some seventy languages centered on the Central African Republic. They are the predominant languages of the CAR, spoken by 2–3 million people, and include the national language, Sango. They are ...

spoken by the

Mbaka people The Mbaka are a minority ethnic group in the Central African Republic and northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo.. The M'Baka speak the Mbaka language and have a population of roughly 300,000. Language The Mbakas speak Mbaka language, a Uban ...

CAR A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods. The year 1886 is regarded as t ...

and Congo. It's not clear how distinct the Gilima variety is, or whether it should be considered a separate language. It does have its own

ISO 639-3 ISO 639-3:2007, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages'', is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three-letter codes for ...

code.

References

Languages of the Central African Republic Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ngbaka languages {{Ubangian-lang-stub