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BDT ISO 639-3

Bhogoto

A language of Central African Republic

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Bhokoto, Bogodo, Bogoto, Bokodo, Bokoto, Bokpoto, Gbāyā ɓòkòtò, Gbäyä-Bogoto, Ɓòkòtò
Population
130,000 (1996).
Location:
Lobaye prefecture: Boda subprefecture; Mambéré-Kadéï prefecture: Carnot subprefecture; Nana-Mambéré prefecture: Baoro subprefecture; Ombella-M’poko prefecture: Yaloke-Bossembele subprefecture; Ouham-Pendé prefecture: Bozoum subprefecture, small border areas.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Ubangi, Gbaya-Manza-Ngbaka, Central
Dialects
Gbaya of Boda (Gbaya de Boda), Bokpan, Bokoto (Ngata). May be intelligible with Northwest Gbaya [gya]. A member of macrolanguage Gbaya [gba].
Language Use
Most also use Sango [sag].
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Bhogoto
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

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Location: Lobaye prefecture: Boda subprefecture; Mambéré-Kadéï prefecture: Carnot subprefecture; Nana-Mambéré prefecture: Baoro subprefecture; Ombella-M’poko prefecture: Yaloke-Bossembele subprefecture; Ouham-Pendé prefecture: Bozoum subprefecture, small border areas.