Bomboma

BWS

vigorous

Alternate Names: Boba

Dialects: Bokonzi, Ebuku, Likaw, Lingonda. The Likaw in Budjala Territory, southwest of Budjala, are reportedly ethnically identical with Bomboma and have good intercomprehension. Lexical similarity: 93% with the Ebuku and Lingonda dialects.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Northwest
C
Ngombe (C.411)

Demographics: 23,000 (1983 census).

Language Use: Also use Lingala [lin].

Nation of Origin: Democratic Republic of the Congo