The Bongo languages, or Bongo–Baka, comprise six languages spoken in
South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the ...
. They are members of the
Central Sudanic
Central Sudanic is a family of about sixty languages that have been included in the proposed Nilo-Saharan language family. Central Sudanic languages are spoken in the Central African Republic, Chad, South Sudan, Uganda, Congo (DRC), Nigeria an ...
language family.
The most populous Bongo language is
Jur Modo, spoken by a hundred thousand people. The languages are:
*
Bongo
Bongo may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Bongo'' (Australian TV series), on air from August to November 1960
* Bongo Comics, a comic book publishing company
* Bongo (''Dragon Ball'') or Krillin, a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media
* ''Bongo'' ...
*
Baka
Baka, baká or BAKA may refer to:
Ethnicities and languages
* Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon), an African ethnic group
* Baka people (Congo and South Sudan), an African ethnic group
* Baka language, a dialect cluster of Cameroon and Gabon
* Ba ...
* Morokodo–Beli
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Jur Modo
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Morokodo (Nyamusa-Molo, Mo’da)
**
Jur Beli
The Jur Beli (also, Jurbiel and Beli) are an ethnic group living in South Sudan.
References
Ethnic groups in South Sudan
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(Beli)
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Mittu (extinct)
In various classifications, Bongo is sometimes split off from the rest of the family, so the phrase ''Bongo–Baka'' may be less ambiguous than simply ''Bongo''.
[For example, ''Ethnologue'' places Bongo in its own branch of Bongo–Baka, but then comments that it is similar to Jur Beli in the main branch.]
However, Boyeldieu (2006)
[Boyeldieu, Pascal. 2006. ]
Présentation des langues Sara-Bongo-Baguirmiennes
'. Paris: CNRS-LLACAN (online version). does not consider Bongo–Baka to be a valid grouping, and considers
Bongo
Bongo may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Bongo'' (Australian TV series), on air from August to November 1960
* Bongo Comics, a comic book publishing company
* Bongo (''Dragon Ball'') or Krillin, a character in ''Dragon Ball'' media
* ''Bongo'' ...
and
Baka
Baka, baká or BAKA may refer to:
Ethnicities and languages
* Baka people (Cameroon and Gabon), an African ethnic group
* Baka people (Congo and South Sudan), an African ethnic group
* Baka language, a dialect cluster of Cameroon and Gabon
* Ba ...
to each be primary splits from Proto-Sara-Bongo-Bagirmi.
References
*Roger Blench (n.d.
Nilo-Saharan language listing
Bongo–Bagirmi languages
Languages of South Sudan
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