Bomitaba language

Bomitaba
Bomitaba
Native to	Republic of Congo, Central African Republic
Native speakers	9,800 (2000)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone C.10) Ngondi–Ngiri Bomitaba; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Northern (Matoki); Central (Epena);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zmx
Glottolog	bomi1238
Guthrie code	C14

Bomitaba (Mbomitaba) is a Bantu language of the Republic of Congo, with a couple hundred speakers in the Central African Republic.

Maho (2009) lists the C141 Enyele (Inyele), C142 Bondongo languages, which do not have ISO codes, as being closest to Bomitaba, as well as C143 Mbonzo (also known as Bonjo or Impfondo), which does have an ISO code.

Bomitaba is spoken in the northern part of the Congo, particularly on the banks of the Likouala-aux-Herbes river north of Epena. South of Epena the people identify as ethnically Bomitaba but speak the Dibole language, as the term 'Bomitaba' likely arose only during the colonial period.

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