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Bongo

A language of Sudan

ISO 639-3: bot

Population	10,100 (2000).
Region	Sparsely populated from Tonj and Wau north, Beli [blm] east, Zande [zne] south, and Bor [dks] west.
Language map	Sudan
Alternate names	Bungu, Dor
Dialects	Busere Bongo, Tonj Bongo, Bungo. Slight dialect differences between those on the River Busere, who have had Zande influence, and those around Tonj. Bungo dialect has minor differences. Similar to the Jur Beli [blm] subgroup.
Classification	Nilo-Saharan, Central Sudanic, West, Bongo-Bagirmi, Bongo-Baka, Bongo
Language use	A few also use Beli.
Language development	Orthography developed and literacy materials in use.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Different from Bongo which is a dialect or closely related language to Banda of Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo. SVO.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ARENSEN, Jonathan E., author. 1983. Sticks and Straw: Comparative House Forms in Southern Sudan and Northern Kenya.  

KILPATRICK, Eileen, author. 1979. Preliminary phonology of the Bongo language.

KILPATRICK, Eileen, author. 1985. "Bongo phonology."

PERSSON, Janet, author. 2004. "Bongo-Bagirmi languages in Sudan."

WATSON, Richard L.; WISE, Mary Ruth, editors. 1985. Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages No. 4.