Bom language should not be confused with Anjam language.
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Bom | |
| Also Known As: | Bom–Krim |
| Speakers: | Krim: less than 15 |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Ref: | e25 |
| Speakers2: | "a few hundreds" (no date) |
| Fam4: | Bullom–Kissi |
| Fam6: | Northern |
| Iso3: | bmf |
| Dia1: | Bom |
| Dia2: | Krim |
| Glotto: | bomk1234 |
| Glottorefname: | Bom–Kim |
The Bom language (alternates: Bome; Bomo)[1] is an endangered language of Sierra Leone. It belongs to the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family and is particularly closely related to the Bullom So language. Most speakers are bilingual in Mende. Use of the Bom language is declining among members of the ethnic group.[2]
The number of speakers range from 15 to 1669 (Census 2015)[3] for Krim and 20[4] to a few hundred for Bom.
Bom is a Northern Bullom language. The Krim dialect (also known as Dilan Hassan)[1] is considered by speakers to be distinct, as speakers have separate ethnic identities.[5]