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BMF ISO 639-3

Bom-Kim

A language of Sierra Leone

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Bom, Bome, Bomo, Bum
Population
Bom: a few hundred speakers; Kim: less than 15 speakers (2014 T. Childs).
Location:
Southern province: northeast Bonthe district, 13 villages west of Waanje river (Bom dialect); southeast Bonthe district, villages around Kwako lake, mostly in Nyandehun and Tamuke (Kim dialect).
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Atlantic, Southern, Mel, Bullom-Kissi, Bullom, Northern
Dialects
Bom, Kim (Kimi, Kirim, Kittim, Krim). Lexical similarity: 44%–45% with Sherbro [bun] dialects, 34% with Bullom So [buy].
Typology
SVO; noun classes; definite article; 24 consonants, 7 vowels and 5 diphthongs.
Language Use
Elderly only. Shifted to Mende [men].
Other Comments
Traditional religion.

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Location: Southern province: northeast Bonthe district, 13 villages west of Waanje river (Bom dialect); southeast Bonthe district, villages around Kwako lake, mostly in Nyandehun and Tamuke (Kim dialect).