Bankon language

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Bankon
Abo
Native to Cameroon
Region Littoral region
Native speakers
12,000 (2001) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 abb
Glottolog bank1256
A.42 [2]
ELP Bankon

Bankon (Abo, Abaw, Bo, Bon) is a Bantu language spoken in the Moungo department of the Littoral Province of southwestern Cameroon. [1] It has a lexical similarity of 86% with Rombi which is spoken in the nearby Meme department of Southwest Province. [1]

Bankon is the endonym. Abo is an administrative name.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bankon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online