Alternate Names: Bernde, Tar Murba
Dialects: Bayo, Morbo, Morom. Bolong may be a dialect of Kenga ,. Lexical similarity: 59% with Bagirmi ,, 53%–72% with Kenga, 54%–73% with Jaya ,, 55%–70% with Naba ,, 55%–70% with the Bilala dialect of Naba.
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Demographics: 4,500 (2002 SIL).
Language Use: The Bolong now use Kenga [kyq] as their mother tongue. Tar Bolong is moribund with less than 10 speakers in 2002.
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 0%. Grammar.
Nation of Origin: Chad