Bankon language
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Bankon | |
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Abo | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Littoral region |
Native speakers | 12,000 (2001)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | abb |
Glottolog | bank1256 |
Guthrie code | A.42 [2] |
ELP | Bankon |
Bankon (Abo, Abaw, Bo, Bon) is a Bantu language spoken in the Moungo department of the Littoral Province of southwestern Cameroon.[1] It has a lexical similarity of 86% with Rombi which is spoken in the nearby Meme department of Southwest Province.[1]
Bankon is the endonym. Abo is an administrative name.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Bankon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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