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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)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
nto – Ntomba
bli – Bolia
Glottolog boli1263
C.35 [2]

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

  1. ^ Ntomba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Bolia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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)
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
nto – Ntomba
bli – Bolia
Glottolog boli1263
C.35 [2]

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

  1. ^ Ntomba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Bolia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online

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