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Bolon

A language of Burkina Faso

ISO 639-3: bof

Population	17,000 (1998 SIL).
Region	Kénédougou and Houet provinces, 12 villages around N'Dorola and Samorogouan.
Alternate names	Boka, Bo
Dialects	Black Bolon (Northern Bolon), White Bolon (Southern Bolon). White Bolon has higher inherent intelligibility with Jula (81%) than Black Bolon (52%).
Classification	Niger-Congo, Mande, Western, Central-Southwestern, Central, Manding-Jogo, Manding-Vai, Manding-Mokole, Manding
Language use	All ages. High bilingualism in Jula.
Comments	Muslim, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Harrison, Annette and Byron Harrison. 2001. "Sociolinguistic survey report for the Maraka-Jula ethnic group."