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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Democratic Republic of the Congo > Bolondo

Bolondo

A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo

ISO 639-3bzm

Population  3,000 (1983 census).
Region  Equateur Province, Sud Ubangi, Budjala Territory on Saw River south of Budjala, Bamba village area.
Language map  Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
Dialects  Most similar to Tembo [tmv].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Bangi-Ntomba (C.40)
Language use  Lingala [lin] is used widely in the main market towns among ‘Water People’, but hardly at all in the other villages, where comprehension is lower. Many villagers also speak Ngbandi [ngb].
Writing system  Latin script.