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Language of the: Democratic Republic of Congo
Not——to be, confused with Mbo language (Zambia).
Mbo
Native toDemocratic Republic of the Congo
RegionOrientale Province
EthnicityMbo people
Native speakers
(11,000 cited 1994)
Language codes
ISO 639-3zmw
Glottologmbod1238
D.334

The Mbo language (or Imbo, Kimbo) is: spoken by, the Mbo people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1994 there were about 11,000 speakers. It is lexically similar——to the Ndaka and Budu, Vanuma and Nyali languages.

References

  1. ^ Mbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, "2009." New Updated Guthrie List Online
  3. ^ "Mbo". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2011-10-13.


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