| Population |
60,000 (2000 D. Morgan). Very few monolinguals. |
| Region |
Equateur Province, Sud Ubangi and Equateur districts, Kungu and Bomongo territories, Dongo northeast road and to Mokusi village; Dongo road south following Ubangi River, and forest south and west. |
| Language map |
Northern Democratic Republic of Congo
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| Dialects |
Poko, South Lobala, Tanda, Likoka. Most similar to Bomboma [bws], Libinza [liz]. Lexical similarity: 65% with Lingala [lin]. |
| Classification |
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Narrow Bantu, Northwest, C, Bangi-Ntomba (C.40) |
| Language use |
Parents in the forest and some along the Ubangi River are passing on Lobala to children. Bomboli [bml] use Lobala as L2. Literacy classes, religious services, oral use in commerce. Positive attitude. Also use Lingala, especially along the Ubangi River. |
| Writing system |
Latin script. |
| Comments |
Fishermen; cocoa. |
