Bobongko

BGB

vigorous

Dialects: None known. Different from Andio ,. Lexical similarity: 53% with Coastal Saluan ,, 44% with Andio ,, and 30% with Gorontalo ,, 25%–30% with Gorontalo-Mongondow languages.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Celebic
Eastern
Saluan-Banggai
Western
Saluanic

Demographics: 1,500 (Mead 2001). 1,100 in Lembanato and 400 in Tumbulawa.

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Bobongko is not derogatory to its speakers, but it is to the Andio ,. Muslim, Christian.