Bomboli

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
bml
Alternate Names
Bombongo
User 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.

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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].