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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Cameroon > Bankon

Bankon

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3abb

Population  12,000 (2001 SIL).
Region  Littoral Province, Moungo Division, north of Douala and west of Wouri River, and Dibombari.
Language map  Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 218
Alternate names   Abaw, Abo, Bo, Bon
Dialects  Lexical similarity: 86% with Barombi [bbi].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, A, Basaa (A.40)

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

LAMBERTY, Melinda, author. 2002. "A rapid appraisal survey of the Abo and Barombi speech communities."  Available online