Bon Gula language

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Bon Gula
Native to Chad
Native speakers
(1,200 cited 1997) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 glc
Glottolog bong1282
ELP Bon Gula

Bon Gula, or Bon, is an Adamawa language of Chad.

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References

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