The Banda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Banda) are a group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about 140km south of Seram island and about 2000km east of Java, and are part of the Indonesian province of Maluku.
The descendants of some of the Bandanese who fled Dutch conquest in the seventeenth century live in the Kai Islands (Kepulauan Kei) to the east of the Banda group, where a version of the original Bandalanguage is still spoken in the villages of Banda Eli and Banda Elat on Kai Besar Island.
Banda is the Blessed Land: sacred practice and identity in the Banda Islands, Maluku.
It is somewhat of an outlier in the Senufo language group, with the geographically closest relatives, the Southern Senufo Tagwana-Djimini languages, approximately 200 kilometres to the west, on the other side of Comoé National Park.
Nafaanra is bordered by Kulango languages to the west, while Deg (a Gur language) and Gonja (Kwa) are found to the north and east.
Southeast and south of Nafaanra and Ligbi, the Akan language Abron (or Bron, Brong) is spoken.
In Zambia with a population of 9.1 million, Chinyanja is the first language of 16% of the population and is used and/or understood by at least 42% of the population, according to a survey conducted in 1978 (cf.
According to Kamuzu Banda, the former President of the Republic of Malawi, the name Chewa derives from the word Cheva or Sheva or Seva which was applied to them as a migrating group and had the meaning of "foreigner".
A language is assumed to be a "developed" system, with grammatical rules, a rich lexicon, used in education and in various transactions in the modern civilized, industrialized and technological world.
Santandre reports it to be half-way between Banda and Kresh; nearer to Banda in vocabulary and Kresh in structure.
Previous migrations from Sokoto, Nigeria; Maasina, Mali; Liptaako and Jelgooji, Burkina Faso; Adamawa and Gombe, Nigeria; and the Wodaabe lineage have settled in Sudan.
Northern Sudan, Dar Fur Province, Dar Masalit and Nyala District, scattered colonies in Dar Fongoro and to the south and east, and Gedaref region; Geneina, Mistere, and Habila Kajangise.
One of the Ubangi group of Niger - Congo languages, Banda is spoken across mort of the Central and eastern districts of the Central African Republic, by a mainly agricultural Republic.
Gbaya and Banda are two major hinterland languages of the Central African Republic, now overshadowed linguistically by their relative, the national language, SANGO.
Banda is a three tone language, the tones are essentially in word formation.In Banda country, long distance messages are traditionally transmitted by three-tone drums, using formulaic phrases that match the tones of the spoken language.
The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It has been superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).
BANDA-BANDA, BEREYA (BRIA, BANDA OF BRIA, BANDA DE BRIA), BURU, GBAGA-SOUTH (GBAGA 1), GBAMBIYA, HAI, KA, MBI (MBIYI), NDI (NDRI), NGALABO, NGOLA, VIDIRI (MVEDERE, VODERE, VIDRI, VADARA).
in the Mono language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
In his small grammar and dictionary of the Togbo dialect of Banda, Cotel describes a sound that "se prononce en faisant rentrer la lèvre inférieure sous les incisives de la mâchoire supérieure" (p.
Mono is a Bandalanguage, part of the larger Ubangian language group.
www.sil.org /~olsonk/research.html (912 words)
Chad - Banda-Ngbaka(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Although not spoken as a first language in Chad, Sango has been particularly important because it served as a trade language during the colonial era.
Although most Banda-Ngbaka languages are found farther south in Central African Republic, the presence of these subgroups in Chad suggests that Banda-Ngbaka speakers were once much more numerous in Chad.
Bolgo, found with Hajerai and Goula languages in the vicinity of Lake Iro and Lake Mamoun, is spoken by refugee populations.
Banda music has been performed by traditional brass bands in rural northwestern Mexico for more than a century, while technobanda, a newer style that has replaced the brass instruments with synthesizers and electric instruments, has become part of a lifestyle for tens of thousands of young people in the US, particularly in Los Angeles.
The young people who flock to technobanda concerts also insist on the use of the Spanish language, a particular etiquette on the dance floor and above all, a specific style of dress: cowboy/cowgirl apparel and belt buckles emblazoned with the name of their home Mexican state.
A Social History of Banda Music: From Rural/Local/Traditional to Urban/Transregional/Commercial The Sociohistorical Roots of Banda Music Music in the Center, Music on the Periphery Tradition: Sedimentation and Innovation III.
Classified as belonging to the Niger-Congo subfamily of the Congo-Kordofanian family, languages in the Moundang-Toupouri-Mboum groups are spoken by a variety of populations in Mayo-Kebbi and Logone Oriental prefectures.
Despite belonging to the same language group, these three populations have very different social structures, life-styles, and myths of origin.
The Toupouri language and people are found in Mayo-Kebbi Prefecture around the town of Fianga.
www.pmchad.org /bantu.htm (745 words)
African Languages by Countries :: Official and national Languages of Africa(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population.
Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread).
Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages: Oshivambo, Herero, Nama.
Here is the list of languages that you can hear if you order the cassette tape.
Here is a list of the languages that do not have a recording.
Here you can listen to a recording in a language you know and then listen to the same recording in a language that you want to learn.
www.everytongue.com (531 words)
The Daily Times - Malawi’s Premier Daily(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
LANGUAGE differences between Malawi and Mozambique could hinder progress of the trade deal signed last December, an official from Malawi Export Promotion Council (Mepc) has said.
Apart from language barriers, Banda said lack of proper export documentation in Mozambique is another obstacle to the trade pact, adding that the country had the most complicated records system in the Sadc region.
However, Banda said Malawi needed to undertake a comprehensive market audit in Mozambique as a matter of urgency before the agreement comes into force.
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Due to its pink and white flowers, among the herb collectors of Chhattisgarh this herb is popular as Gulabi Banda.
In local languageBanda is a name for any Orchid.
Although officially the name of Gulabi Banda is not present in the list of medicinal herbs having any demand in national markets but according to the herb collectors and traders it is in trade.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
An arm of the Pacific Ocean in eastern Indonesia southeast of Sulawesi and north of Timor.
It includes the Banda Islands, a group of volcanic islands in the Moluccas south of Ceram.
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The World: Global Hit(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Karo: We have new language in the city generally, in France, in the USA, in England.We singing a part in Romanian language, a part in Roma language, a part in French, in English.
Karo: When we make joke, we speaking gypsy language, and after everybody go on tour, everybody learn a little bit French, a little bit English, a little bit German, and you have a new language, the language bends.
Mahala Rai Banda is a relative newcomer to the Balkan music trend in Europe.
Tejano and TexMex describe the various forms of folk and popular music originating among the working-class people of Mexican descent living in Central and South Texas.
If she keeps it up, we'll all soon be a slave for a new kind of diva.