Batanga

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A language of Equatorial Guinea

ISO 639-3
bnm
Alternate Names
Banoho, Banoo, Bano’o, Noho, Nohu, Noku
Population

9,000 in Equatorial Guinea (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001), decreasing. Very few monolinguals. Population total all countries: 15,000.

Location

Bapuku along central coast, south of Mbini to Cabo San Juan. Also in Cameroon.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Bube-Benga (A.32)
Dialects

Bapuku (Bapuu, Naka, Puku). The Puku are an Ndowe coastal people.

Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: Most are literate in Spanish. Poetry. Radio programs. Bible: 2010.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Batanga
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Different from Batanga [bdu] of South West Region in Cameroon (Balundu-Bima), and the Batanga dialect of Caka [ckx]. Christian, traditional religion.

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