Mboa language

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Mboa
Mbonga
Region Cameroon
Extinct (date missing) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xmb
Glottolog mbon1252
ELP Mbonga

Mboa, also known as Mbonga, is an apparently extinct language of Cameroon. [2] Ethnologue reports 1,490 speakers cited to 2000, [3] possibly the ethnic population.

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References

  1. Mboa at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg
  2. Blench 2011
  3. Mboa language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)