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Bom
Bom–Krim
Native toSierra Leone
Native speakers
Krim: less than 15 (2014)[1]
"a few hundreds" (no date)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
  • Atlantic–Congo
    • Mel
      • Bullom–Kissi
        • Bullom
          • Northern
            • Bom
Dialects
  • Bom
  • Krim
Language codes
ISO 639-3bmf
Glottologbomk1234
ELP
  • Bom
  • Krim

The Bom language (alternates: Bome; Bomo)[2] is an endangered language of Sierra Leone. It belongs to the Mel branch of the Niger–Congo language family and is particularly closely related to the Bullom So language. Most speakers are bilingual in Mende. Use of the Bom language is declining among members of the ethnic group.[3]

  1. ^ a b Bom at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Batibo, Herman (2005). Language decline and death in Africa: causes, consequences, and challenges. Multilingual Matters. pp. 82–. ISBN 978-1-85359-808-1. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  3. ^ Akinsulure, M.O. (1979). Languages and Language Problems in Sierra Leone: An Annotated Bibliography. Njala University College Library.

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