Bole language (Bantu) should not be confused with Bole language (Chadic).
Bole | |
Nativename: | Dibole |
States: | Republic of Congo |
Ethnicity: | Babole |
Speakers: | 4,000, incl. 800 monolinguals |
Date: | 2004 |
Ref: | e18 |
Dia1: | Dzeke |
Dia2: | Kinami |
Dia3: | Bouanila |
Script: | Latin |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
Fam4: | Bantoid |
Fam5: | Bantu (Zone C.10) |
Fam6: | Ngondi–Ngiri |
Iso3: | bvx |
Glotto: | dibo1245 |
Glottorefname: | Dibole |
Guthrie: | C101 |
Bole, also known as Dibole or Babole, is a Bantu language spoken in the Likouala Department in the Republic of Congo. Speakers are clustered in villages on the Likouala-aux-Herbes river, south of Epena.