Bomitaba language

Bomitaba (Mbomitaba) is a Bantu language of the Republic of Congo, with a couple hundred speakers in the Central African Republic.

Bomitaba
Native to	Republic of Congo, Central African Republic
Native speakers	(9,800 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone C.10) Ngondi–Ngiri Bomitaba
Dialects	Northern (Matoki) Central (Epena)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zmx
Glottolog	bomi1238
Guthrie code	C14[2]

Maho (2009) lists the C141 Enyele (Inyele), C142 Bondongo languages, which do not have ISO codes, as being closest to Bomitaba,^[2] as well as C143 Mbonzo (also known as Bonjo or Impfondo), which does have an ISO code.^[3]

Bomitaba is spoken in the northern part of the Congo, particularly on the banks of the Likouala-aux-Herbes river north of Epena. South of Epena the people identify as ethnically Bomitaba but speak the Dibole language, as the term 'Bomitaba' likely arose only during the colonial period.^[4]