Boko

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
bkp
Alternate Names
Iboko
User Population

21,000.

Location

Equateur province: Congo river upstream from Mbandaka.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Ngondi (C.16)
Dialects

Busa.

Language Use

Also use Lingala [lin] (Meeuwis 1998).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Boko
Writing

Latin script [Latn], limited usage.

Other Comments

Different from Longto [wok] of Cameroon and Boko [bqc] of Benin and Nigeria.