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Bankon language

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Bankon
Abo
Native toCameroon
RegionLittoral region
Native speakers
12,000 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3abb
Glottologbank1256
A.42[2]
ELPBankon

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.

References

  1. ^ a b c Bankon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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