Bwa language
Not to be confused with Bwa languages or Kho-Bwa languages.
| Bwa | |
|---|---|
| Benge-Baati | |
| Yewu | |
| Native to | DR Congo |
| Ethnicity | Boa |
Native speakers | 200,000 (1994)[1] |
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Niger–Congo
| |
| 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)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Bwa". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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