Mbo

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A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3
zmw
Alternate Names
Imbo, Kimbo
Population

11,000 (1994 SIL).

Location

Orientale Province, Ituri district, Mambasa territory, Bombo collectivité.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Central, D, Bira-Huku (D.334)
Dialects

Ndaka [ndk], Budu [buu], Vanuma [vau], Nyali [nlj], and Mbo are more similar to each other than to other border Bantu languages. Lexical similarity: 87% with Ndaka, 78% with Budu, 77% with Vanuma, 76% with Nyali, 30% with Komo [kmw], 25% with Bhele [bhy], Kaiku [kkq], Bila [bip], Bera [brf].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mbo
Other Comments

Different from Mbo [mbo] of Cameroon. Traditional religion, Muslim.