Dibole
| Dibole | ||
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Spoken in |
Republic of the Congo | |
| speaker | 4000 | |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
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| ISO 639-3 | ||
Dibole (also Babole and South Bomitaba) is a Bantu language and is spoken by around 4000 people in the Republic of the Congo .
It is widespread in the Likouala department in 16 localities in the Epena district .
Dibole is written in the Latin script .
classification
Dibole forms the Ngundi group with the languages Bomitaba , Bongili , Mbati , Ngundi and Pande . According to the classification of Malcolm Guthrie , Dibole belongs to the Guthrie Zone C20.
Dibole has the dialects Dzeke, Kinami and Bouanila.
literature
- William L. Gardner: Language use in the Epena district of Northern Congo (PDF; 806 kB) . SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2006. Abstract
- Myles Leitch: Langue et dialecte au sud du district d'Epena (PDF; 497 kB) . SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2004. Abstract