BML ISO 639-3
Bomboli
A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ISO 639
- bml
- Alternate Names
- Bombongo
- Population
- 2,500 (1986 SIL).
- Location:
- Sud-Ubangi province: Kungu territory, Dongo collectivité, north of Bomongo on a canal flowing into Ngiri river, between Bokondo and Bodjinga villages.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Ngondi (C.161)
- Dialects
- 3 dialects. Reportedly most similar to Bozaba [bzo] and Lobala [loq].
- Language Use
- Also use Lingala [lin]. Also use Lobala [loq], but only passively.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Bomboli
- Writing
- Unwritten [Qaax].
- Other Comments
- Consider themselves ethnically distinct from the Lobala [loq].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Sud-Ubangi province: Kungu territory, Dongo collectivité, north of Bomongo on a canal flowing into Ngiri river, between Bokondo and Bodjinga villages.
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