Kresh-Hofra language

Kresh-Hofra
Gbaya-Ngbongbo
Native to South Sudan
Native speakers
unknown: 16,000 all Kresh languages apart from Furu (2013)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 krs (Kresh–Gbaya–Woro–Dongo)
Glottolog gbay1291[2]

Kresh-Hofra, also known as Gbaya-Ngbongbo, is a Central Sudanic language of South Sudan. It is one of the Kresh languages, generally considered a dialect of Kresh. Though it is commonly called Gbaya, it is not one of the Gbaya languages, which are in the Ubangian family.

References

  1. Kresh-Hofra at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gbaya-Ngbongbo". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.


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