Bolia
| Bolia | ||
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Spoken in |
Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| speaker | 100,000 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Bolia (also Bokoki and Bulia) is a Bantu language that is spoken by around 100,000 people (2000 census) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
It is widespread in the province of Bandundu north of Lake Mai Ndombe .
Bolia is written in the Latin script , parts of the Bible were translated into Bolia in 1936.
classification
Bolia forms the Bangi-Ntomba group with the languages Bamwe , Bangi , Boko , Bolondo , Bomboli , Bomboma , Bozaba , Dzando , Lobala , Mabaale , Moi , Ntomba , Sakata , Sengele and Yamongeri and belongs to Guthrie zone C40.