Lia-Ntomba language

Ntomba
Bolia, Lia
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo
Region Lake Tumba, Lake Mai-Ndombe
Native speakers
(100,000 Ntomba cited 1980)[1]
100,000 Lia (2000)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
nto  Ntomba
bli  Bolia
Glottolog boli1263[2]
C.35[3]

Ntomba and Lia (Bolia) are closely related Bantu languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, close enough to be considered dialects of a single Lia-Ntomba language.

The related Mongo language also has varieties called Ntomba or Ntumba.

References

  1. Ntomba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Bolia at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bolia–Ntomba–Momngo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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