They are members of the Central Sudanic language family.
The most populous Bongo language is Jur Modo, spoken by a hundred thousand people.
The languages are: In various classifications, Bongo is sometimes split off from the rest of the family, so the phrase Bongo–Baka may be less ambiguous than simply Bongo.
[1] However, Boyeldieu (2006)[2] does not consider Bongo–Baka to be a valid grouping, and considers Bongo and Baka to each be primary splits from Proto-Sara-Bongo-Bagirmi.
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