Bongo language
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| Bongo | |
|---|---|
| Native to | South Sudan |
| Ethnicity | Bongo people |
Native speakers | 10,100 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bot |
Bongo, also spelled Bungu and known as Dor, is a Central Sudanic language spoken in sparsely populated areas of South Sudan. Dialectical differences are slight.
References
- ↑ Bongo reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
- A Small Comparative Vocabulary of Bongo Baka Yulu Kara Sodality of St Peter Claver, Rome, 1963.
- A Reconstructed History of the Chari Languages - Bongo - Bagirmi - Sara. Segmental Phonology, with Evidence from Arabic Loanwords. Linda Thayer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1974. Typewritten thesis 309 pages. Copy held by J.A. Biddulph (Africanist publisher, Joseph Biddulph, Pontypridd, Wales).
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