Bole language (Bantu)

{{Short description|Bantu language spoken in Congo Republic}}

{{distinguish|Bole language (Chadic)}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Bole

|nativename=Dibole

|states=Republic of Congo

|ethnicity=Babole

|speakers=4,000, incl. 800 monolinguals

|date=2004

|ref=e18

|dia1=Dzeke

|dia2=Kinami

|dia3=Bouanila

|script=Latin

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone C.10)

|fam6=Ngondi–Ngiri

|iso3=bvx

|glotto=dibo1245

|glottorefname=Dibole

|guthrie=C101

}}

Bole, also known as Dibole or Babole, is a Bantu language spoken in the Likouala Department in the Republic of Congo. Speakers are clustered in villages on the Likouala-aux-Herbes river, south of Epena.