Glottolog boli1263 | ||
Native to Democratic Republic of the Congo Region Lake Tumba, Lake Mai-Ndombe Native speakers (100,000 Ntomba cited 1980)
100,000 Lia (2000) Language family Niger–Congo
Atlantic–Congo
Benue–Congo
Bantoid
Bantu (Zone C)
Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)
Mongo
Ntomba ISO 639-3 Either:
nto – Ntomba
bli – Bolia | ||
Ntomba and Lia (Bolia) are closely related Bantu languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, close enough to be considered dialects of a single Lia-Ntomba language.
The related Mongo language also has varieties called Ntomba or Ntumba.
References
Lia-Ntomba language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA