Bomitaba
| Bomitaba | ||
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Spoken in |
Republic of the Congo , Central African Republic | |
| speaker | 9820 | |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Bomitaba (also Bamitaba, Leke, Mbomitaba and Mbomotaba) is a Bantu language spoken by around 9820 people in the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic . The Congolese speakers are in the majority with about 9,600 and live in the Likouala department .
classification
Bomitaba forms the Ngundi group with the languages Bongili , Dibole , Mbati , Ngundi and Pande . According to the division of Malcolm Guthrie , Bomitaba belongs to Guthrie Zone C20. It has the dialects Matoki and Epena.
literature
- William L. Gardner: Language use in the Epena district of Northern Congo (PDF file; 787 kB) . SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2006. Abstract