sango

Definitions

1. The primary language spoken in the Central African Republic.
2. A sandwich.
   Australia, colloquial, dated, informal
3. A rudimentary wooden bridge in India.
   UK

Equivalents

Examples

“1824, Alexander Gerard, Journal of an Excursion through the Himalayah Mountains, from Shipke to the Frontiers of Chinese Tartary, David Brewster (editor), The Edinburgh Journal of Science, Volume 1: April—October, page 219, We crossed it and another stream a little above their union by a couple of bad sangos, and ascended from its bed by a rocky footpath, winding amongst extensive forests of oak, yew, pine, and horse chesnut, to Camp.”

“Four large mountain torrents, the Dangalee, Dubrane, Loarnad, and Rindee Gadh, join⟳ the Ganges from the left bank, and have⟳ to be crossed by sangos.”

“Sango has 5 million second-language speakers, but only 400,000 native speakers, mainly in the towns.”

CEFR level