Lia-Ntomba language
| Ntomba | |
|---|---|
| Bolia, Lia | |
| Native to | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Region | Lake Tumba, Lake Mai-Ndombe |
Native speakers |
(100,000 Ntomba cited 1980)[1] 100,000 Lia (2000) |
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Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
Either: nto – Ntomba bli – Bolia |
| Glottolog |
boli1263[2] |
C.35[3] | |
Ntomba and Lia (Bolia) are closely related Bantu languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, close enough to be considered dialects of a single Lia-Ntomba language.
The related Mongo language also has varieties called Ntomba or Ntumba.
References
- ↑ Ntomba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Bolia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bolia–Ntomba–Momngo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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