Mbo language (Congo)

{{Short description|Language of the Democratic Republic of Congo}}

{{distinguish|Mbo language (Zambia)}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Mbo

|nativename=

|states = Democratic Republic of the Congo

|region = Orientale Province

|ethnicity = Mbo people

|speakers = 11,000

|date=1994

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Bantoid

|fam5=Bantu (Zone D.30)

|fam6=Nyali (Budu–Ndaka)

|iso3=zmw

|glotto=mbod1238

|glottorefname=Mbo (Democratic Republic of Congo)

|guthrie=D.334

}}

The Mbo language (or Imbo, Kimbo) is spoken by the Mbo people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In 1994 there were about 11,000 speakers. It is lexically similar to the Ndaka and Budu, Vanuma and Nyali languages.{{cite web

|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=zmw

|work=Ethnologue

|title=Mbo

|access-date=2011-10-13}}