Bwa language
Bwa | |
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Benge-Baati | |
Yewu | |
Native to | DR Congo |
Ethnicity | Boa |
Native speakers | 200,000 (1994)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
bww |
Glottolog |
bwaa1238 [2] |
C.43–44 [3] |
Bwa (Boa, Boua, Bua, Kibua, Kibwa, Libua, Libwali) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dialects are
- Leboa-Le (Bwa proper)
- Yewu
- Kiba
- Benge (Libenge)
- Bati (Baati)
- Boganga (Boyanga)
- Ligbe
Pagibete is close, and might be considered another dialect.
References
- ↑ Bwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bwa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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