Bwa language
Bwa (Boa, Boua, Bua, Kibua, Kibwa, Libua, Libwali) is a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
| Bwa | |
|---|---|
| Benge-Baati | |
| Yewu | |
| Native to | DR Congo |
| Ethnicity | Boa |
Native speakers | (200,000 cited 1994)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bww |
| Glottolog | bwaa1238[2] |
C.43–44[3] | |
Dialects are
- Leboa-Le (Bwa proper)
- Yewu
- Kiba
- Benge (Libenge)
- Bati (Baati)
- Boganga (Boyanga)
- Ligbe
Pagibete is close, and might be considered another dialect.
References
- Bwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Bwa". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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