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What does Sango mean?

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Proper noun
  1. The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic: it has 5 million second-language speakers, but only 400,000 native speakers, mainly in the towns.
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By 1910, Sango had become a stable lingua franca spread by soldiers and others serving the whites.
The babalawo observes that it is a child of Osun, or of Sango, or of Obataia.
Yoruba theatre has its origin in masquerade by the Egungun and in ritual and annual performances to Obatala, Ogun, and Sango.
It is a vehicular language based on the language of the Sango tribe, belonging to the Ngbandi language cluster, with many French words.
The Sango people were discussing the fines they would exact and interrupted Mann's reproaches with whoops of Kawo! Kawo! in honour of their orisa.
Against the text in Sango, the beat becomes more urgent and polyrhythmic, shifting from what began as a reggae-like underfeel to a fast rumba.

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