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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Chad > Bolgo

Bolgo

A language of Chad

ISO 639-3bvo

Population  1,800 (1993 census).
Region  Guéra region, Bahr Signaka Department, Melfi Subprefecture, east of the Barain, southeast of Melfi.
Language map  Southwestern Chad, reference number 65
Dialects  Bolgo Dugag (Small Bolgo), Bolgo Kubar (Big Bolgo). Lexical similarity: 68% between the 2 dialects and between Bolgo Dugag and a form of Koke [kou] spoken in Daguéla.
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Mbum-Day, Bua
Language use  Vigorous. Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].
Comments  Traditional religion, Muslim.