Bofi language

Bofi
Ɓòfì
Native to	Central African Republic
Ethnicity	include Mbenga (perhaps Baka)
Native speakers	24,000 (1996)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Savannas Gbaya Eastern Mbodomo–Bofi Bofi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bff`
Glottolog	`bofi1238`^[2]

Bofi (Ɓòfì, Boffi) is a Gbaya language spoken in Boda and Bimbo subprefectures in southwestern Central African Republic. Those speakers in Bimbo are mostly Bambenga pygmies. Although they no longer live in the forest, their area was forested in 1950.

References

↑ Bofi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Bofi". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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