Editing Sango language (section)

== Registers ==
A study by Taber (1964) indicates that some 490 native Sango words account for about 90% of colloquial speech; however, while French loanwords are much more rarely used, they account for the majority of the vocabulary, particularly in the speech of learned people. The situation might be compared to English, in which most of the vocabulary, particularly "learned" words, is derived from [[Latin]], [[Greek language|Greek]], or French while the basic vocabulary remains strongly [[Germanic languages|Germanic]]. However, more recent studies suggest that the result is specific to a particular sociolect, the so-called "functionary" variety. Morrill's work, completed in 1997, revealed that there were three sociologically distinct norms emerging in the Sango language: an urban "radio" variety which is ranked{{Clarify|reason=What does "rank" refer to?|date=October 2019}} by 80% of his interviewees and has very few French loan words; a so-called "pastor" variety, which is scored{{Clarify|reason=What were they being graded on?|date=June 2021}} 60%; and a "functionary" variety, spoken by learned people, who make the highest use of French loanwords while speaking Sango, which scores 40%.