Bola language (Austronesian)

Bola
Bakovi
Native to	Papua New Guinea
Native speakers	14,000 (2000 census)^[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Oceanic Western Oceanic Meso-Melanesian Willaumez Bola
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bnp`
Glottolog	`bola1250`^[2]

Bola, or Bakovi, is an Oceanic language of West New Britain in Papua New Guinea. Harua (Xarua) dialect developed on a palm plantation.

References

↑ Bola at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bola". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.