Zande language

Zande
Zande
Pazande
Native to	Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan
Ethnicity	Zande people
Native speakers	(undated figure of 730,000 in Congo); 1,000,000 in South Sudan (2017), 62,000 in CAR (1996)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic-Congo Volta-Congo Savannas? Zande languages Zande–Nzakara Zande; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Dio; Makaraka;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zne
Glottolog	zand1248

Zande is the largest of the Zande languages. It is spoken by the Azande, primarily in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western South Sudan, but also in the eastern part of the Central African Republic. It is called Pazande in the Zande language and Kizande in Lingala.

Estimates about the number of speakers vary; in 2001 Koen Impens cited studies that put the number between 700,000 and one million.

There are no local dialects exits in Zande language and only very minor difference in pronunciation.

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