Bolon language

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Bolon
Native to Burkina Faso
Native speakers
(23,000 cited 1998) [1]
Niger–Congo
Language codes
ISO 639-3 bof
Glottolog bolo1266

Bolon is a Manding language of Burkina Faso. There are two dialects, White/Southern and Black/Northern; White Bolon is partially intelligible with Jula.

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References

  1. Bolon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)