Bola

BNP

educational

Alternate Names: Bakovi, Bola-Bakovi

Dialects: Bola, Harua (Garua, Karua, Mai, Xarua). Harua developed among people resettled on an oil palm plantation.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
Meso Melanesian
Willaumez

Demographics: 13,700 (2000 census). 2,250 Harua.

Language Use: Used as L2 by Bulu [bjl].

Language Development: 11 vernacular preparatory schools. Bible: 2011.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea