Bom language

Bom language

language
familycolor=Niger-Congo
name=Bom
states=Sierra Leone
region=West Africa
speakers=250
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Atlantic
fam4=Southern
fam5=Mel
fam6=Bullom-Kissi
fam7=Bullom
fam8=Northern
iso2=nic
iso3=bmf
The Bom language is an endangered language of Sierra Leone. It belongs to the Atlantic branch of the Niger-Congo language family and is particularly closely related to the Bullom So language. Most speakers are bilingual in Mende, and use of the Bom language is declining among members of the ethnic group.

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bmf Ethnologue entry for Bom]
* [http://www.tooyoo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Redbook/Africa/AF_src.cgi?language0=Bom&language1=0&language2=0&language3=0&language4=0&language5=0 Bom entry in the UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages]


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