Bola

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Bakovi

Autonym

Bola-Bakovi

Population

13,700 (2000 census). 2,250 Harua.

Location

West New Britain province: Willaumez peninsula northeast coast, Harua east of Kimbe.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Harua (Garua, Karua, Mai, Xarua), Bola. Harua developed among people resettled on an oil palm plantation.

Language Use

Used by all. All also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Bebeli [bek], Bulu [bjl].

Language Development

11 vernacular preparatory schools. Literature. Bible: 2011.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.