Alternate Names: Boo
Dialects: Bo’o. Lexical similarity: 87% with Busa ,, 89% with Bokobaru ,, 62% with Shanga ,, 59% with Kyanga ,, 62% with Bisa , in Burkina Faso and Ghana.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 100,000 in Benin (2013 R. Jones). Population total all countries: 150,000. 28,800 monolinguals.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Adamawa Fulfulde [fub], Baatonum [bba], French [fra], Hausa [hau], Yoruba [yor]. Used as L2 by Mokole [mkl].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 6%. Poetry. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible: 1992–2010.
Typology: SOV; noun heads initial; up to 5 suffixes on verb; postpositions; logophoricity; 4 level tones; CV, CVV, CCV.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Benin
Other Comments: Muslim, traditional religion.