Bomboli language

Bomboli (also Bombongo) is a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The language is spoken in the towns of Kungu and Dongo in the Sud-Ubangi province, specifically on a canal flowing into Ngiri river, north of Bomongo.[4]

Bomboli
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
Native speakers
(2,500 cited 1986)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bml
Glottologbomb1261
C161[2]
ELPBomboli[3]

The language has 3 dialects and is reportedly most similar to the Bozaba and Lobala languages.[4]

References

  1. Bomboli at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. Endangered Languages Project data for Bomboli.
  4. "Bomboli". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-04-22.


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