Lia-Ntomba language

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

{{Infobox language

|name=Ntomba

|altname=Bolia, Lia

|region=Lake Tumba, Lake Mai-Ndombe

|states=Democratic Republic of the Congo

|speakers=100,000 Ntomba

|date=1980

|speakers2=100,000 Lia (2000)

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone C)

|fam6=Bangi–Ntomba (C.30)

|fam7=Mongo

|lc1=nto|ld1=Ntomba

|lc2=bli|ld2=Bolia

|glotto=boli1263

|glottorefname=Bolia–Ntomba

|guthrie=C.35

}}

Ntomba and Lia (Bolia) are closely related Bantu languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, close enough to be considered dialects of a single Lia-Ntomba language.

The related Mongo language also has varieties called Ntomba or Ntumba.