"Sango" meaning in All languages combined

See Sango on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Sangho [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Sango Sängö. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sg|Sängö}} Sango Sängö Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sango
  1. The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic. Translations (language): سَانْغُوِيَّة (sānḡuwiyya) (Arabic), 桑戈語 /桑戈语 (Sānggēyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), sango (Finnish), Sango [neuter] (German), サンゴ語 (Sango-go) (Japanese), 상고어 (Sanggo'eo) (Korean), sango [neuter] (Polish), са́нго (sángo) [masculine] (Russian), Sängö (Sango)

Proper name [Yoruba]

IPA: /sã̀.ɡó/ Forms: Sàngó [canonical]
Etymology: From Nupe Sòkó Etymology templates: {{bor|yo|nup|Sòkó}} Nupe Sòkó Head templates: {{head|yo|proper noun|head=Sàngó|head2=}} Sàngó, {{yo-pos|proper noun|Sàngó}} Sàngó, {{yo-prop|Sàngó}} Sàngó
  1. (chiefly NWY) alternative form of Ṣàngó (“Shango”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Ṣàngó (extra: Shango)

Alternative forms

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