Mbo

MBO

threatened

Alternate Names: Mboo, Sambo

Dialects: Bareko (Ehow Mba, Minahe), Kekem (Nlembuu), Melong (Eho Mbo), Santchou (Nla Mboo).

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Northwest
A
Lundu-Balong (A.15)

Demographics: 45,000 (Ewané Etamé 1995).

Language Use: Also use French [fra].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 25%.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Cameroon

Other Comments: Different from Mbo , of Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is Bantu D.30.