Bongo–Baka languages
| Bongo | |
|---|---|
| Bongo–Baka | |
| Geographic distribution: | South Sudan |
| Linguistic classification: | |
| Glottolog: |
bong1285 (Bongo)[1] moro1282 (Baka–Beli)[2] |
The Bongo languages, or Bongo–Baka, comprise six languages spoken in South Sudan. They are members of the Central Sudanic language family.
The most populous Bongo language is Jur Modo, spoken by a hundred thousand people. The languages are:
In various classifications, Bongo is sometimes split off from the rest of the family, so the phrase Bongo–Baka may be less ambiguous than simply Bongo.[3]
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bongo". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Baka–Beli". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ For example, Ethnologue places Bongo in its own branch of Bongo–Baka, but then comments that it is similar to Jur Beli in the main branch.
- Roger Blench (n.d.) Nilo-Saharan language listing
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