Bongo–Baka languages
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| Bongo | |
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| Bongo–Baka | |
| Geographic distribution: | South Sudan |
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Nilo-Saharan?
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The Bongo languages, or Bongo–Baka, comprise half a dozen languages spoken in South Sudan. They are members of the Central Sudanic language family.
The most populous Bongo language is Jur Modo, spoken by a hundred thousand people. The languages are:
In various classifications, Bongo is sometimes split off from the rest of the family, so the phrase Bongo–Baka may be less ambiguous than simply Bongo.[1]
References
- ↑ For example, Ethnologue places Bongo in its own branch of Bongo–Baka, but then comments that it is similar to Jur Beli in the main branch.
- Roger Blench (n.d.) Nilo-Saharan language listing
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