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Mbo people (Congo)

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Mbo people
Regions with significant populations
Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of the Congo17,000[1]
Languages
Mbo language

The Mbo people (or Imbo) are an ethnic group of the Mambasa Territory, Ituri Interim Administration in the Orientale Province on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1994 there were about 11,000 speakers of the Mbo language, which is similar to the Ndaka, Budu, Vanuma, Ndebele, Hlubi, Swati and Nyali languages.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Mbo, Imbo of Congo, Democratic Republic of". Joshua Project. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  2. ^ "Mbo". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2011-10-13.