Batanga

BNM

threatened

Alternate Names: Banoho, Banoo, Bano’o, Noho, Nohu, Noku

Dialects: Bapuku (Bapoko, Bapuu, Naka, Puku). The Puku are an Ndowe coastal people.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Northwest
A
Bubi-Benga (A.32)

Demographics: 9,000 in Equatorial Guinea (Johnstone and Mandryk 2001), decreasing. Population total all countries: 15,000. Very few monolinguals.

Language Use: Almost all also use Spanish [spa]. Also use French [fra].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Most are literate in Spanish. Poetry. Radio programs. Bible: 2010.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Equatorial Guinea

Other Comments: Different from Batanga , of South West Region in Cameroon (Balundu-Bima), and the Batanga dialect of Caka ,. Christian (Roman Catholic), traditional religion.