Bom language
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Bom | ||
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Spoken in: | Sierra Leone | |
Region: | West Africa | |
Total speakers: | 250 | |
Language family: | Niger-Congo Atlantic-Congo Atlantic Southern Mel Bullom-Kissi Bullom Northern Bom |
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Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | nic | |
ISO 639-3: | bmf | |
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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.